Meaning of inquilinus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a sojourner (an inhabitant of a place which is not his own)
   declension-2, literally
2. an inmate, lodger
   declension-2, literally
3. a roommate
   declension-2
4. someone seen as contemptible as not born inside one's city (especially Rome), a foreigner, adopted citizen
   declension-2, derogatory
5. a tourist, squatter
   declension-2, derogatory

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Examples

“[…]; ne existumarent sibi, patricio homini, cuius ipsius atque maiorum pluruma beneficia in plebem Romanam essent, perdita re publica opus esse, cum eam servaret M. Tullius, inquilinus civis urbis Romae.”

[…] ; that they should not charge him, a patrician, of craving the downfall of the republic, through whom and whose ancestors services so numerous had been earned by the Roman plebs; that M. Tullius (Cicero), a mere foreigner in Rome, was to save her.

“Quidni noverim? Pertinacissimos quidem et adsiduos, quos ego non discipulos philosophorum, sed inquilinos voco. Quidam veniunt ut audiant, non ut discant, sicut in theatrum voluptatis causa ad delectandas aures oratione vel voce vel fabulis ducimur.”

Of course I know of some! Persevering and most industrious men, but I do not call them disciples of the philosopher, no, only tourists. Many come to hear, not to learn, just as one goes to the theater for the delight of pleasing his ears with speeches, songs or plays.

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