tapete
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tăpēte: is, n. (
I sing. acc. m. tapeta fulgentem, Sil. 4, 270; plur. tapetia, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 14; id. Stich. 2, 2, 54; Vulg. 2 Reg. 17, 28; but nom. tapeta, from unused tapetum, Lucil. ap. Prob. p. 130: tapetae, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 351 Müll.; Placid. Gloss.; acc. m. tapetas pulcros, Verg. A. 9, 358; abl. tapetibus, id. ib. 9, 325; Liv. 40, 24, 7; Ov. M. 13, 638; Varr ap. Non. 542, 15: tapetis, Verg. A. 7, 277 Serv. ad loc.; Mart. 14, 147, 1; cf. the Gr. forms from τάπης,> and v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 570 sq.); cloth wrought with figures in different colors, for covering walls, floors, tables, couches, etc., a carpet, tapestry, hangings, coverlet, etc. (syn. stragulum); sing. nom. tapete, Turp. and Caecil. ap. Non. 229, 7, and 542, 18; abl. tapete, Sil. 17, 64.
