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A small money-box

  • 1 arcula

    arcŭla, ae, f. dim. [arca], a small chest or box, a casket, etc.
    I.
    For unguents, ornaments, etc.
    A.
    A small perfume - box, a jewel-casket, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 91:

    arculae muliebres,

    Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25.—Hence, trop. of rhetor. ornament:

    omnes (Isocratis) discipulorum arculae,

    Cic. Att. 2, 1.—
    B.
    A small money-box or casket: arcula plena aranearum, Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. tanne, p. 154 (cf. Cat. 13, 8: Plenus sacculus est aranearum). —
    II.
    The wind-box of an organ, Vitr. 10, 13.—
    III.
    Arcula dicebatur avis, quae in auspiciis vetabat aliquid fieri, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll.

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  • 2 arcula

        arcula ae, f dim.    [arca], a small box, casket: muliebres.—Fig., treasures (of language).
    * * *
    small box/chest/casket; small jewel/perfume/money box; wind-box of an organ

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  • 3 arca

        arca ae, f    [ARC-], a place for safe-keeping, chest, box: ex oleā facta: cui vestis putrescat in arcā, H.—A money-box, coffer, safe: nummos contemplor in arcā, H.: ferrata, an ironed moneychest, Iu.: arcae nostrae confidito, rely upon my purse.—A small prison, cell: in arcas conici.— A coffin, L.— A bier: cadavera locabat in arcā, H.
    * * *
    box, chest; strong-box, coffer; wealth, money; coffin, bier; cell, cage; ark; ark (Noah's); Ark of the Covenant; quadrangular landmark for surveyors

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  • 4 loculus

    spot, little/small place; compartment/pigeon-hole; coffin, bier (Vulgate); compartmented box (pl.), money-box; school satchel, case for writing material

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  • 5 arca

    arca, ae, f. [arceo:

    arca et arx quasi res secretae, a quibus omnes arceantur,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 262; v. arceo], a place for keeping any thing, a chest, box.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    arca vestiaria,

    Cato, R. R. 11, 3: ex illā oleā arcam esse factam eoque [p. 153] conditas sortes, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Suet. Tib. 63:

    arca ingens variorum venenorum plena,

    id. Calig. 59 al. —Very freq.,
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    A box for money, a safe, a coffer, and particularly of the rich, and loculi was their purse, porte-monnaie, while sacculus was the pouch of the poor, Juv. 1, 89 sq.; 11, 26; cf. id. 10, 25; 14, 259 Ruperti, and Cat. 13, 8; Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

    populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arcā,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 67.—Hence, meton., like our purse, for the money in it:

    arcae nostrae confidito,

    rely upon my purse, Cic. Att. 1, 9; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 12; id. Par. 6, 1; Cat. 23, 1; Col. 3, 3, 5; 8, 8, 9; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 8; Sen. Ep. 26 fin. — Hence, ex arcā absolvere aliquem, to pay in cash upon the spot (opp. de mensae scripturā absolvere), Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 13 Don.; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 7, 29 Don., and arcarius.—And of public money, state treasure, revenues (late Lat.):

    frumentaria,

    Dig. 50, 4, 1, § 2:

    vinaria,

    Symm. Ep. 10, 42 al. —
    2.
    A coffin (cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.), Liv. 40, 29; cf. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 85; Val. Max. 1, 1:

    cadavera Conservus vili portanda locabat in arcā,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 9; Luc. 8, 736; Dig. 11, 7; Inscr. Orell. 3560; 4429.—
    II.
    Transf. Of any thing in the form of a box or chest.
    A.
    Noah's ark (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 6, 14 sqq.; ib. Matt. 24, 38; ib. Heb. 11, 7 al.—
    B.
    In Jewish antiq., the Ark of the Covenant (eccl. Lat.):

    arca foederis,

    Vulg. Deut. 10, 8:

    arca foederis Domini,

    ib. Num. 10, 33:

    arca testimonii,

    ib. Exod. 26, 34:

    arca testamenti,

    ib. Heb. 9, 4:

    arca testamenti Dei,

    ib. Jer. 3, 16:

    arca Domini,

    ib. Jos. 4, 4:

    arca Dei,

    ib. 1 Reg. 11, 17; and absol.:

    arca,

    ib. Exod. 30, 6; ib. Deut. 10, 5.—
    C.
    A small, close prison, a cell:

    (Servi) in arcas coniciuntur, ne quis cum iis colloqui possit,

    Cic. Mil. 22 fin.; cf. Fest. p. 264 Müll. —
    D.
    In mechanics, the water-box of a hydraulic machine, Vitr. 10, 13.—
    E.
    A watercistern, a reservoir, Vitr. 6, 3.—
    F.
    A quadrangular landmark; cf. Scriptt. Agrim. pp. 119, 222, 223, 271 Goes.

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