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2. lēno, ōnis, m. [lenio], a pimp, pander, procurer.

  1. I. Lit.: perjurus leno, Plaut. Capt. prol. 57: leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit, id. Ps. 1, 1, 49: importunus, id. Merc. prol. 44: leno sum, fateor, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34: improbissimus et perjurissimus leno, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: insidiosus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172: verba facit leno, etc., id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A seducer, allurer: lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas, Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17: (puella) me lenone placet, i. e. through my intervention, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.
    2. B. A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.
      Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.

lēnōnĭus, a, um, adj. [1. leno; lit., to pander; hence, transf.], of or pertaining to pimping or pandering: non periclumst nequid recte monstres. Ba. Non lenoniumst (sc. recte monstrare), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 53: aedes, id. Truc. 1, 1, 30; id. Men. 3. 3, 29: servitus, id. Pers. 3, 1, 1: fides, id. Rud. 5, 3, 30: genus, id. Curc. 4, 2, 13; id. Pers. 4, 4, 33: quoi servitutem di danunt lenoniam Puero, id. Ps. 3, 1, 1: pueri, Verr. Fl. Fragm. Fast. Praenest. ad VII. K. Maias (in Inscr. Orell. T. 2, p. 410): lutum lenonium, as a term of reproach, filthy pander, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 2: jam ego hoc ipsum oppidum expugnatum faxo erit lenonium, i. e. will outwit this pander, id. Ps. 2, 4, 76: Juppiter lenonius, id. ib. 1, 3, 99.
Adv.: lēnōniē, v. lenonice.