Lewis & Short

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caupōna, ae, f. (upon the form cf. Prisc. p. 684 P.) [caupo].

  1. I. A female shopkeeper, huckster, a landlady, hostess (anteand post-class.), Lucil. ap. Prisc. l. l.; App. M. 1, p. 105, 23, p. 18 Bip.
  2. II. A retail shop, an inn, tavern (syn. taberna), Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Hor. S. 1, 5, 51; id. Ep. 1, 11, 12; 1, 17, 8; Gell. 7, 11, 4; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154: cauponam exercere, to keep an inn, Just. 1, 7, 12.