mendicus

mendīcus, a, um, adj., beggarly, needy, in want, indigent (class.).

• I Lit.: paupertas si malum est, mendicus esse beatus nemo potest, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; cf.: solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites, id. Mur. 29, 61: mendicior, Tert. de Anim. 33: prandia, Mart. 14, 81.—As subst.: mendīcus, i, m., a beggar, mendicant: mendicum malim mendicando vincere, Quam, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 16 (515): mendici, i. e. the priests of Cybele, Hor. S. 1, 2, 2.—As a term of abuse, a beggar, ragamuffin, Ter. And. 815.—
• II Transf., in gen., poor, paltry, mean, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum mendicum, Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92.—Hence, adv.: mendīcē, in a beggarly manner, meanly (post-Aug. and post-class.): non tam mendice tecum agam, sed plenā manu, Sen. Ep. 33, 6.—Comp.: ne mendicius patre coenaret, Tert. Pall. 5.

mendīcus, a, um (mendum), eig. gebrechlich, bettelarm, bettlerisch, armselig, I) eig., v. Pers., a) übh. (Ggstz. dives, opulentissimus), Cic. u.a.: Compar. mendicior, Tert de anim. 33: Superl., solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites, Cic. Mur. 61. – subst., mendīcus, ī, m., ein Bettelarmer, ein Bettler, Cic. u.a.: stipem porrigere mendico, Sen. rhet.: als Schimpfwort, ein Lump, Ter. – b) insbes., mendīci, die Bettler = die Priester der Cybele, die umherziehen u. Almosen sammeln, Hor. sat. 1, 2, 2. – II) übtr., v. Lebl., a) erbettelt, prandia, Mart. 14, 81. – b) bettelhaft, armselig, instrumentum, Cic. de or. 3, 92: mendicissimae cogitationes, Augustin. serm. 119, 5.

mendicus [CL] 1 poor, destitute, needy. erumnosus, ~us, pauper, egens, egenus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 198; vidimus ‥ Hiberniensem pauperem et ~um cornu quoddam eneum ‥ pro reliquiis in collo gestantem Gir. TH III 34; dicior est liber mendicus divite servo Walt. Angl. Fab. 51. 17; mens ‥ / ‥ / thesauri requirit mendica datorem J. Howd. Cant. 314; ecce ego jam miser et ~us, indigens et indignus Spec. Incl. 3. 1 p. 111. 2 (as sb.) destitute person, beggar. stipis, ~us GlC S 542; c802 concursus fuit in civitate subito ~orum ex omni parte, suum parati defensorem defendere; timor et tumultus ubique increpuit Alcuin Ep. 245 p. 394; ego ~us et pauper, ego vermis et cinis Anselm (Or. 18) III 71; stipus, -pi, i. ~us, qui petit stipem Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 548; nudo nullus est amicus; / pauper enim et mendicus / est bubone vilior Walt. Wimb. Van. 89; hic ~us A. beggere WW. 3 collector of alms for hospital. 1419 judicium pillorii pro uno qui se finxit ~um pro hospitali de Bethdelem MGL I 608.

mendīcus, (13) a, um, ¶ 1 de mendiant, mendiant, indigent : Cic. Fin. 5, 84 ; mendicior Tert. Anim. 33 ; -cissimus Cic. Mur. 61 || [subst^t ] mendiant : Pl. Bacch. 514 ; Cic. Phil. 8, 9 ; mendici Hor. S. 1, 2, 2, mendiants, quêteurs [prêtres de Cybèle ou dʼIsis] || gueux, gredin : Ter. Andr. 816 ¶ 2 [fig., en parl. de moyens oratoires] pauvre, misérable, indigent : Cic. de Or. 3, 92.

mendicus , a, um. adj. s.
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mendīcus adj.

• with sup, beggarly, needy, in want, indigent: ex mendicis fieri divites: solos sapientīs esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites.—As substm., a beggar, mendicant, T., C.: mendici, i. e. the priests of Cybele, H.—Poor, paltry, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum.

Mendīcus

(πτωχός). A beggar. Beggars abounded in ancient times, but were less numerous, apparently, in Greece than in Italy, where the beggar's trade was, in ancient as in modern times, a recognized profession. The bridges over the Tiber were favourite resorts for mendicants (Juv.iv. 116; xiv. 134), as also the vicinity of the theatres and the temples (Orelli, Inscr. 4097), and the great viae in the neighbourhood of Rome. Children were trained up as beggars, and were often mutilated to excite compassion, after the manner of the comprachicos of later days ( Controv. 33). Blind beggars were led by a dog (Mart.xiv. 81), as shown in the accompanying illustration from a painting found at Herculaneum and given by Rich. The priests of Cybelé were a sort of mendicant order, and lived on the alms of the charitable (Hor. Sat. i. 2, 2).