Vilicus

Latin-English

vīlĭc|us, -a, -um. (ˈvi.li.kus) adj.

1. Of or pertaining to a villa.

vīlĭc|us, -ī. (ˈvi.li.kus) masc. (fem. vilica)

1. A manager or steward of an estate.

[villa.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 11.13:

Itaque tum et a tuo vilico sumpsimus et aliunde mutuati sumus cum Quintus queritur per litteras sibi nos nihil dedisse, qui neque ab illo rogati sumus neque ipsi eam pecuniam aspeximus.

So at the same time that we were taking handouts from your manager and borrowing from elsewhere, Quintus was whining in his letters that we had never given him anything; not only had he never asked us for the money — we hadn't even seen it ourselves.