mendico

mendico, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and mendīcor, ātus sum (archaic inf. mendicarier, Plaut. Capt. prol. 13), 1, v. dep. [mendicus],

• to beg, ask for alms, go a-begging; to beg for something, solicit, obtain by begging; constr. absol. and with acc. (poet. and post-class.): mendicantem vivere, to live by begging. Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 73 (323): quando histrionem cogis mendicarier, id. ib. prol. 13; mendicum malim mendicando vincere, id. ib. 3, 4, 16 (548).—Act.: a me mendicas malum, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12 (1032): aliquid mendicare, Ap. Apol. p. 287, 1.—Poet.: ejectis mendicat silva Camenis, i.e. is full of beggars, Juv. 3, 16.—Part. in pass. sense: mendicatus victa Karthagine panis, Juv. 10, 277.

mendīco, āvi, ātum, āre, u. mendīcor, ātus sum, āri (mendicus), I) intr. betteln, betteln gehen, Plaut., Sen. rhet. u.a.: ad extremam mendicandi necessitatem deductus, an den äußersten Bettelstab gebracht, Lact. – Partiz. subst., mendīcantēs, ium, m., Bettler, Sen. contr. 10, 4 (33), 24. – II) tr. um etwas betteln, etwas erbetteln, aliquid, Apul.: victum, Lact.: ab alqo malum, Plaut.: ostiatim cibum, Hieron.: mendicatus cibus, Ov., panis, Iuven. – ➳ Parag. Infin. mendicarier, Plaut. capt. prol. 13. Plaut. Vidul. fr. X Stud. (bei Non. 138, 29).

See: mendicare

mendīcō, (12) āvī, ātum, āre (mendicus), ¶ 1 intr., demander lʼaumône, mendier : Pl. Capt. 322 ; Bacch. 508 ; Juv. 3, 26 || mendicantes, ĭum, m. , mendiants : Sen. Rhet. Contr. 10, 4 (33), 24 ¶ 2 tr., mendier qqch. : Pl. Amph. 1032 ; Apul. Apol. 20 || mendicatus panis Juv. 10, 277, pain mendié.

mendico , as, are. n. act.
討飯。乞。丐。— sibi malum 自招難。

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mendīcō —, ātus, āre

• mendicus, to beg, ask alms: eiectis mendicat silva Camenis, i. e. is full of beggars, Iu.: mendicatus panis, Iu.