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ālĕātor, ōris, m. [alea], a player with dice, also a gamester in gen., Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 29; Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23; id. Phil. 2, 27: aleatoris castra, id. Verr. 2, 5, 13; so Sid. Ep. 5, 17; Dig. 11, 5; Cod. 3, 43.

ālĕātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [aleator], pertaining to a gamester: aleatoria damna, in gaming, * Cic. Phil. 2, 27: aleatorium forum calfecimus, gaming-board, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71: ritu, Gell. 18, 13.
Hence, ālĕātōrĭum, ii, n., the place where games of chance are played, a gaming-house, Sid. Ep. 2, 2.