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|georg=lēna, ae, f. ([[leno]]), I) die Kupplerin, [[mater]] [[lena]], Plaut.: callida, Tibull.: [[lena]] [[anus]], [[alte]] Kupplerin, Ov.: lenae procaces, Lact. – II) übtr., die Kupplerin = Anlockerin, attrib. = lockend, [[reizend]], [[natura]] [[quasi]] [[sui]] [[lena]], buhlt gleichs. [[mit]] [[sich]] [[selbst]], Cic.: [[caro]] [[quasi]] [[lena]] vitiorum, Ambros.: [[vox]] sua [[lena]] fuit, Ov.: [[pictura]] [[lena]], Claud. | |georg=lēna, ae, f. ([[leno]]), I) die Kupplerin, [[mater]] [[lena]], Plaut.: callida, Tibull.: [[lena]] [[anus]], [[alte]] Kupplerin, Ov.: lenae procaces, Lact. – II) übtr., die Kupplerin = Anlockerin, attrib. = lockend, [[reizend]], [[natura]] [[quasi]] [[sui]] [[lena]], buhlt gleichs. [[mit]] [[sich]] [[selbst]], Cic.: [[caro]] [[quasi]] [[lena]] vitiorum, Ambros.: [[vox]] sua [[lena]] fuit, Ov.: [[pictura]] [[lena]], Claud. | ||
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Revision as of 16:45, 27 February 2019
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lēna: ae, f. leno,
I a bawd, procuress.
I Lit.: lenas eas dicimus, quae mulieres quaestuarias prostituunt. Lenam accipiemus et eam, quae alterius nomine hoc vitae genus exercet, Dig. 23, 2, 43: omnes sunt lenae levifidae, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61; id. Truc. 2, 1, 14; id. As. 1, 3, 23: callida, Tib. 1, 6, 11 (5, 48): improba, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 17.— In apposition: lena anus, an old go-between, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 40: Isiaca, i. e. Isis, Juv. 6, 489: ingenui prohibentur ducere ... et lenam et a lenone lenave manumissam, Ulp. Fragm. 13, 2.—
II Transf., she that entices, allures, seduces; a female enticer, a seductress: non vides, quam blanda conciliatrix, et quasi sui sit lena natura? Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: pro facie multis vox sua lena fuit, Ov. A. A. 3, 316: pictura lena, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 24.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lēna,¹² æ, f. (leno), entremetteuse : Pl. Pers. 243 ; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 17 || qui prostitue : quasi sui lena (natura) Cic. Nat. 1, 77, la nature fait en qq. sorte l’entremetteuse pour elle-même [chaque espèce de ses créatures s’aime elle-même et se préfère aux espèces voisines] || [fig.] séductrice : Ov. Ars 3, 316.
Latin > German (Georges)
lēna, ae, f. (leno), I) die Kupplerin, mater lena, Plaut.: callida, Tibull.: lena anus, alte Kupplerin, Ov.: lenae procaces, Lact. – II) übtr., die Kupplerin = Anlockerin, attrib. = lockend, reizend, natura quasi sui lena, buhlt gleichs. mit sich selbst, Cic.: caro quasi lena vitiorum, Ambros.: vox sua lena fuit, Ov.: pictura lena, Claud.
Latin > English
lena lenae N F :: procuress; brothel-keeper