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|lshtext=<b>lautĭa</b>: (in [[Plutarch]] λαύτεια, Quaest. Rom. 45; old form: [[dautia]] quae [[lautia]] dicimus et dantur legatis hospitii [[gratia]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.), ōrum, n. [[lautus]], v. [[lavo]] fin.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[entertainment]] furnished in [[Rome]] to [[foreign]] ambassadors or [[distinguished]] guests at the [[expense]] of the [[state]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[locus]] [[inde]] lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa, Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 33, 24, 5; 35, 23, 11; 42, 6, 11; 42, 19, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. ([[post]]-[[class]].), App. M. 9, p. 221, 39: equum illum [[hospitium]], ac loca [[lautia]] mihi praebiturum, id. ib. 3, p. 140, 33; Sid. Ep. 8, 12 fin.; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361.
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