Meretricium, meretricij, n. g. Tranquillus. Whoredome, or brothelry.Meretricè. Aduerbium. Plaut.Whorishly: like an harlot.
Meretricius, Adiectiunm. I erentius. Berteyning to brothelrle.or whoredam: whorish.Meretricia disciplina. Cicero. The srhoole and vistipline of harlots.Meretricio more Cic. Corpora meretricia. Ouid.Amores mererricij.Cic.Whorish long.Turba meretricia.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mĕrētrīcĭus, a, um, adj. [meretrix], of or pertaining to harlots or prostitutes, meretricious. I.Adj. (class.): meretricia ornamenta, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63: quaestus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44: disciplina, id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, 6: domus,
a courtesan's house
, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18: amores, Cic. Cael. 20, 48.—II.Subst.: mĕrētrīcĭum, ii, n.1.The art of a courtesan: inmutari blandimentis, hortamentis, ceteris meretriciis, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63.—2.The trade of a harlot: meretricium facere, Suet. Calig. 40.—Hence, adv.: mĕrētrīcĭē, after the manner of harlots, meretriciously (ante-class.): digne ornata, haud meretricie, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58.