The plural form of 'caupo'; multiple innkeepers, tavern-keepers, or merchants in ancient Rome.
The Latin plural of 'caupo', formed with the regular Latin nominative plural ending '-es'. This is the standard way Romans pluralized masculine nouns of this declension.
The existence of a special plural form in ancient texts shows that 'caupones' were common enough in Roman towns to need their collective noun—they were a recognizable and notorious social class.
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