sportula

noun /ˈspɔː(ɹ)tjʊlə/

1. A gift or prize, especially ones given by rich Romans.

   archaic

   To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theatres, to run for the sportula.

Where it comes from

Latin sportula (“small basket, by extension a prize”)

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sportula (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← sporgerysportule →

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