inn Copy link Outline 1. caupōna (esp. of an inferior kind)2. dēversōrium (any place for lodging the night)3. hospĭtium (any place where strangers are entertained) • inn: 1. caupōna (esp. of an inferior kind): Cic. in Pis. 22, fin.: Hor. S. 1, 5, 51. Dimin. cauponula, Cic. Ph. 2, 31, init. 2. dēversōrium (any place for lodging the night): an inn to lodge at, not a place to dwell in, commorandi d., non habitandi locus, Cic. Sen. 23, 84: Vulg. Luc. ii. 7: Suet. Also taberna deversoria, Pl. Men. 2, 3, 86; and in same sense, deverticulum, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 7: Liv. 3. hospĭtium (any place where strangers are entertained): I quit life as an inn, not a home, ex vita ita discedo, tanquam ex h., non tanquam ex domo, Cic. Sen. 23, 84 (cohorts) billeted on the i.s (?), per hospitia dispersae, Suet. Tib. 37.