meretricula

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τίς τὸν πλανήτην Οἰδίπουν καθ' ἡμέραν τὴν νῦν σπανιστοῖς δέξεται δωρήμασιν → who on this day shall receive Oedipus the wanderer with scanty gifts

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕrē̆trīcŭla: ae, f.
dim. id.,
I a public prostitute, courtesan (class.): meretricula Leontium, Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; Hor. S. 2, 7, 46; Quint. 11, 3, 74.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mĕrĕtrīcŭla,¹⁴ æ, f. (meretrix), courtisane de bas étage : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 30 ; Nat. 1, 93.