mendicatio
From LSJ
αἴθ' ἔγω, χρυσοστέφαν' Ἀφρόδιτα, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχοίην (Sappho, fr. 33 L-P) → Oh gold-crowned Aphrodite, if only this winning lot could fall to me
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mendīcātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a begging, obtaining by begging (post-Aug.): foeda vitae mendicatio, Sen. Ep. 101, 13.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mendīcātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (mendico), action de mendier qqch. : Sen. Ep. 101, 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
mendīcātio, ōnis, f. (mendico), das Betteln um etwas, das Erbetteln, quid tam foeda vitae mendicatio? Sen. ep. 101, 13.
