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Latin
Etymology
From lēnō (“pimp, seducer”) + -cinor, combining variant of canō (“to sing”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
lēnōcinor (present infinitive lēnōcinārī, perfect active lēnōcinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to flatter, humor, wheedle
- to serve, promote, advance (some cause)
Conjugation
References
- ^ White, John Tahourdin (1858) Latin Suffixes, page 134
Further reading
- “lenocinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lenocinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lenocinor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.