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  • 1 bractea

    bractĕa (also brattĕa), ae, f. [perh. kindr. with brachô, to rattle], a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf (thicker plates of metal are called laminae; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 18, 2: bractea dicitur tenuissima lamina): aranea bratteaque auri, * Lucr. 4, 729:

    leni crepitabat brattea vento,

    Verg. A. 6, 209:

    inspice, quam tenuis bractea ligna tegat,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 232; Mart. 8, 33, 6; Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61; cf.

    argenteae,

    id. 37, 7, 31, § 105.—
    B.
    Poet.:

    viva,

    the golden fleece of Spanish sheep, Mart. 9, 62, 4.—
    C.
    Meton., thin layers of wood, veneers (opp. lamina):

    ligni,

    Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 232.—
    II.
    Trop., show, glitter: eloquentiae, Sol. praef. 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bractea

  • 2 stabulum

    stăbŭlum, i, n. [sto], a standing-place, abode, habitation, dwelling.
    I.
    In gen. (very rare;

    perh. only in the foll. passages): stabile stabulum,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 56; cf.:

    nusquam stabulum est confidentiae,

    id. Most. 2, 1, 3:

    DOMESTICORVM ET STABVLI SACRI,

    Inscr. Orell. 1134.—
    II.
    A stoppingplace or abode for animals or persons of the lower class (freq. and class.).
    A.
    For animals, a stall, stable, enclosure of any kind (cf. praesepe):

    ovium,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, [p. 1750] 19:

    pecudum, boum, etc.,

    Col. 1, 6, 4; 6, 23, 2; Verg. G. 3, 295; 3, 302; Hor. C. 1, 4, 3 al.; cf.:

    pastorum stabula,

    Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

    avium cohortalium,

    Col. 8, 1, 3:

    pavonum,

    i. e. an aviary, id. 8, 11, 3:

    piscium,

    i. e. a fishpond, id. 8, 17 7:

    apium,

    i. e. a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 14; 4, 191; Col. 9, 6, 4:

    stabula ferarum,

    lairs, haunts, Verg. A. 6, 179; cf. id. ib. 10, 723:

    a stabulis tauros avertit,

    pasture, id. ib. 8, 207; 8, 213.—
    2.
    Poet., transf., herds, flocks, droves, etc.:

    stabuli nutritor Iberi,

    i. e. Spanish sheep, Mart. 8, 28, 5:

    mansueta,

    Grat. Cyn. 154.—
    B.
    Of humble houses.
    1.
    A dwelling like a stable, cottage, hut:

    pastorum,

    Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

    ardua tecta stabuli,

    Verg. A. 7, 512; Liv. 1, 4, 7; Just. 1, 4, 11.—
    2.
    Esp., a public-house, pothouse, tavern, hostelry, etc.:

    cauponam vel stabulum exercere,

    Dig. 4, 9, 1; Petr. 6, 3; 8, 2; 16, 4; 79, 5; 97, 1; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4; Mart. 6, 94, 3; App. M. 1, p. 104, 9; Spart. Sev. 1 al.—Such pothouses were also the usual abode of prostitutes, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 56.—Hence,
    3.
    Stabulum = lupanar, a brothel, house of ill - fame:

    pro cubiculis stabula,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69.—
    4.
    As a term of abuse:

    stabulum flagitii,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 31:

    nequitiae,

    id. Cas. 2, 1, 13:

    servitritium,

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 13.—On account of his intercourse with king Nicomedes, the nickname of stabulum Nicomedis was given to Cæsar, acc. to Suet. Caes. 49.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stabulum

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