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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

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lĕgūmen: ĭnis, n. id.,
I pulse, any leguminous plant.
I In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 32; Plin. 18, 17, 46, § 165; Col. 2, 7, 1; 2, 10, 1; 18, 7, 10: terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156; Caes. B. C. 3, 47 fin.: ventri indulgere omne legumen, Juv. 15, 174: frugibus legatis, legumina continentur, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 78.— Collect. sing., Petr. S. 135, 5.—
II In partic., the bean: laetum siliqua quassante legumen, Verg. G. 1, 74.