the sepulchre

ăb-ōmĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to deprecate any thing as an ill omen (not in Cic.).

Lit.: cum dixisset sepulcrum dirutum proram spectare, abominatus, etc., when he had spoken the words “ a ruined sepulchre,” etc., wishing that this ( the sepulchre, or the words spoken) might not be of evil omen, Liv. 30, 25 fin.; so also id. 6, 18, 9; Suet. Claud. 46.—Hence:

quod abominor,

which may God avert, Ov. M. 9, 677; id. P. 3, 1, 105; Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 7 al.—With inf.:

haec universa habere abominabitur,

Sen. Ben. 7, 8.—

In gen. (opp. to opto), to abominate, abhor, detest, Liv. 30, 30, 9; Col. 6, prooem. § 1; Quint. 4, 1, 33.—Hence derivv.,

ăbōmĭnan-ter, adv., abominably, detestably, Cod. Th. 3, 12, 13.—

ăbōmĭnandus, a, um, P. a., abominable, Liv. 9, 38 fin.; Sen. Ben. 1, 9; Quint. 8, 4, 22; 9, 2, 80.

Collat. act. form ăbōmĭno, are:

multam abomina,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82.—

ăbōmĭnor in pass. signif.: saevitia eorum abominaretur ab omnibus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.—So Part.: abominatus, abominated, accursed:

Hannibal,

Hor. Epod. 16, 8:

semimares,

Liv. 31, 12, 8:

bubo funebris et maxime abominatus,

Plin. 10, 12, 16.

mŏnŭmentum ( mŏnĭm-), i, n. [moneo), that which preserves the remembrance of any thing, a memorial, a monument; esp. of buildings, statues, galleries, tombs erected to perpetuate the remembrance of a person or thing; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 139 Müll.

Lit. (class.):

statuam dare auream Solidam faciundam, quae siet factis monumentum suis,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

monimenti causā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146:

monumento ut esset,

Liv. 8, 11, 16:

vitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

Marcelli et Africani,

id. ib. 2, 1, 4, §

11: in Mamertino solo foederato atque pacato monumentum istius, crudelitatis constitutum est,

id. ib. 2, 4, 11, § 26: ego, quae monumenti ratio sit, nomine ipso admoneor, ad memoriam magis spectare debet posteritatis, quam ad praesentis temporis gratiam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 32, 18:

placet mihi, legionis Martiae militibus monumentum fieri quam amplissimum,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 41; plur. excellent:

quod in monumentis majorum suorum sit interfectus (Clodius),

i. e. on the Via Appia, Cic. Mil. 7, 17; Tac. A. 4, 7:

pecunias monumentaque, quae ex fano Herculis collata erant,

memorials, votive offerings, images, Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

monimenta, quae in sepulcris: et ideo secundum viam, quo praetereuntes admoneant, et se fuisse, et illos esse mortales,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 45 Müll.:

regis,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 15:

Marii,

the temple built by him, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59;

of the temple of Castor,

id. Verr. 1, 50, 13:

senatūs,

the house of Cicero, built by order of the Senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—

In partic.

A sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb (syn.: sepulcrum, tumulus; class.): marmoreum, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12:

sepulcri,

Nep. Dion. 10;

and without sepulcri: sepultus est in monumento avunculi sui,

family tomb, sepulchre, Nep. Att. 22, 4.—

Of written works, monuments, or records:

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 1: monumenta rerum gestarum, books of history, chronicles, Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 201:

annalium,

the monuments of history, id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

commendare aliquid monumentis,

memoirs, id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

liber monumenti,

Vulg. Mal. 3, 16.—

Transf., a remembrancer, a mark, token, or means of recognition, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 16:

vos monimentis commonefaciam bubulis,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 6.—

Trop.:

at illa laus est, magno in genere... liberos hominem educare, generi monumentum et sibi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 110:

monumentum laudis,

a memorial, Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

clementiae,

id. Deiot. 14, 40:

furtorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

amoris,

Verg. A. 5, 538.

căpŭlus, i, m. (acc. to Gramm. also că-pŭlum, i, n., Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Non. p. 4, 21 sq.; Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5) [capio; prop. the holder].

A sarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb:

capulum... vocatur et id, quo mortuo efferatur, Paul. l. l.: capulum dicitur quicquid aliquam rem intra se capit: nam sarcophagum, id est sepulchrum, capulum dici veteres volunt, quod corpora capiat... Novius... Prius in capulo quam in curuli sellā. Lucilius Satyrarum libro secundo, quem illi quom vidissent... in capulo hunc non esse, aliumque cubare. Var. Cosmotorque, Propter cunam capulum positum nutrix tradit pollictori,

Non. p. 4, 21 sqq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 222:

(feretrum) Latine capulus dicitur,

id. ib. 11, 64:

dum funera portant, Dum capulo nondum manus excidit,

Stat. Th. 3, 362:

monumentum quoddam conspicamur. Ibi capulos carie et vetustate semitectos, quis inhabitabant pulverei et jam cinerosi mortui,

App. M. 4, p. 150, 27:

capuli lecti funerei vel rogi in modum arae constructi, Placid. Gloss. tom. III. p. 451.—Hence: ire ad capulum,

to go to the grave, Lucr. 2, 1174; and sarcastically: capuli decus, one who deserves a bier = capularis, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 42.—

That by which any thing is seized or held, the handle:

aratri,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 57:

sceptri,

id. M. 7, 506.—Esp., the hilt of a sword, Cic. Fat. 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 553; 10, 536; Ov. M. 7, 422; 12, 133; 12, 491; Petr. 82, 2; Tac. A. 2, 21; App. M. 1, p. 108 al.; cf.: capulum manubrium gladii vocatur, Paul. l. l. —Hence,

= membrum virile, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 29;

with the addition of coleorum,

Auct. Priap. 24, 7.—

Capulum, a halter for catching or fastening cattle, a lasso, Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5; cf. capulo.

căpŭlus, i, m. (acc. to Gramm. also că-pŭlum, i, n., Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Non. p. 4, 21 sq.; Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5) [capio; prop. the holder].

A sarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb:

capulum... vocatur et id, quo mortuo efferatur, Paul. l. l.: capulum dicitur quicquid aliquam rem intra se capit: nam sarcophagum, id est sepulchrum, capulum dici veteres volunt, quod corpora capiat... Novius... Prius in capulo quam in curuli sellā. Lucilius Satyrarum libro secundo, quem illi quom vidissent... in capulo hunc non esse, aliumque cubare. Var. Cosmotorque, Propter cunam capulum positum nutrix tradit pollictori,

Non. p. 4, 21 sqq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 222:

(feretrum) Latine capulus dicitur,

id. ib. 11, 64:

dum funera portant, Dum capulo nondum manus excidit,

Stat. Th. 3, 362:

monumentum quoddam conspicamur. Ibi capulos carie et vetustate semitectos, quis inhabitabant pulverei et jam cinerosi mortui,

App. M. 4, p. 150, 27:

capuli lecti funerei vel rogi in modum arae constructi, Placid. Gloss. tom. III. p. 451.—Hence: ire ad capulum,

to go to the grave, Lucr. 2, 1174; and sarcastically: capuli decus, one who deserves a bier = capularis, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 42.—

That by which any thing is seized or held, the handle:

aratri,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 57:

sceptri,

id. M. 7, 506.—Esp., the hilt of a sword, Cic. Fat. 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 553; 10, 536; Ov. M. 7, 422; 12, 133; 12, 491; Petr. 82, 2; Tac. A. 2, 21; App. M. 1, p. 108 al.; cf.: capulum manubrium gladii vocatur, Paul. l. l. —Hence,

= membrum virile, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 29;

with the addition of coleorum,

Auct. Priap. 24, 7.—

Capulum, a halter for catching or fastening cattle, a lasso, Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5; cf. capulo.

cŏlumbārĭus, a, um, adj. [columba], pertaining to doves; only subst.,

cŏ-lumbārĭus, ii, m., a dove-keeper, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 7; 3, 7, 5.—

cŏlumbārĭum, ii, n.

A dove-cot, pigeon-house, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4 sq.; Col. 8, 8, 3; 8, 8, 6; 8, 11, 3; Pall. 1, 24; Plin. 19, 9, 6, § 51; Dig. 10, 2, 8, § 1.—

Transf.

In archit., the gain or mortise in which rafters or joists lie, Vitr. 4, 2, 4.—

A hole near the axle of a water-wheel, Vitr. 10, 9, 2.—

An opening in the side of a vessel for the oars to pass through, a rowlock; plur.:

columbaria in summis lateribus navium loca concava, per quae eminent remi,

Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 3; cf. Fest. p. 169, 8.—Hence, cŏlumbā-rĭus, ii, m., an oarsman, as a term of reproach. Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—

A subterranean sepulchre, in the walls of which were niches for urns of ashes, Inscr. Orell. 2975; 4513; v. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columbarium.

cŏlumbārĭus, a, um, adj. [columba], pertaining to doves; only subst.,

cŏ-lumbārĭus, ii, m., a dove-keeper, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 7; 3, 7, 5.—

cŏlumbārĭum, ii, n.

A dove-cot, pigeon-house, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4 sq.; Col. 8, 8, 3; 8, 8, 6; 8, 11, 3; Pall. 1, 24; Plin. 19, 9, 6, § 51; Dig. 10, 2, 8, § 1.—

Transf.

In archit., the gain or mortise in which rafters or joists lie, Vitr. 4, 2, 4.—

A hole near the axle of a water-wheel, Vitr. 10, 9, 2.—

An opening in the side of a vessel for the oars to pass through, a rowlock; plur.:

columbaria in summis lateribus navium loca concava, per quae eminent remi,

Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 3; cf. Fest. p. 169, 8.—Hence, cŏlumbā-rĭus, ii, m., an oarsman, as a term of reproach. Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—

A subterranean sepulchre, in the walls of which were niches for urns of ashes, Inscr. Orell. 2975; 4513; v. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columbarium.

ascĭa, ae, f. [kindred with axinê, an axe], an axe for hewing wood, a carpenter's axe (syn.: securis, bipennis, ferrum).

Lit.: rogum asciā ne polito, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic Leg 2, 23; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198:

tilia ascias retundit, id 16, 40, 76, § 207: in securi et asciā aliquid deicere,

Vulg. Psa. 73, 6:

lignum de saltu praecidit opus manūs artificis in asciā,

ib. Jer. 10, 3.—Prov.. asciam sibi in crus impingere or illidere, to cut one's own legs, Petr 74, 16; cf. App. M. 3, p. 139, 6.—

Transf.

A mattock, a hoel asciae in aversā parte referentes rastros, Pall. 1, 43, 3—

A mason's trowel, Vitr. 7, 2; Pall. 1, 14; upon monuments such a trowel is found pictured, and in the inscription the expression SVB ASCIA or AD ASCIAM DEDICATVM, i. e. consecrated while yet under the trowel (prob this was done in order to protect the empty sepulchre from injury), Inscr Orell. 249, 4464; 4465; 4466;

4467: PATER ET MATER FILIO DVLCISSIMO AD ASCIAM DEDICATVM POSVERVNT,

ib. 4468.

sĕpulcrum (less correctly sĕpul-chrum; cf. Charis. p. 56 P.), i, n. [sepelio; cf. fulcrum, from fulcio; lavacrum, from lavo, etc.].

Lit., a burial-place, grave, tomb, sepulchre (cf.:

monumentum, tumulus): sepulcri appellatione omnem sepulturae locum contineri existimandum est,

Dig. 47, 12 (De sepulcro violato), 3, §

2: sepulcrum est ubi corpus ossave hominis condita sunt,

ib. 11, 7, 2; cf. Fest. p. 339 Müll;

Edict. Praet. ap. Dig. l. l.: qui sepulcrum violat, facit, quo quis minus sepultus sit,

ib. 7: siti dicuntur hi, qui conditi sunt: nec tamen eorum ante sepulcrum est, quam justa facta et corpus ingestum est, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

duae sunt leges de sepulcris,

id. ib. 2, 24, 61: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Ubi corpus requiescat malis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.):

(Ennius) in sepulcro Scipionum putatur esse constitutus ex marmore,

Cic. Arch. 9, 22; cf.:

cui (Africano) super Carthaginem Virtus sepulcrum condidit,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

in summo sepulcro (Archimedis) sphaeram esse positam cum cylindro, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

sepulcri Mitte supervacuos honores,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 23:

monumento sepulcri donatus est,

Nep. Dion, 10.—So in sing., Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 7; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 21; id. Mil. 2, 4, 19:

terra rerum commune sepulcrum,

Lucr. 5, 259; Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; Verg. A. 2, 542; 2, 646; 3, 67; 4, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 84; 2, 5, 104.— Plur., Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; 1, 14, 31; Verg. E. 8, 98; id. G. 1, 497; Hor. Epod. 17, 47: sepulcra legens, while reading the sepulchres, i. e. the inscriptions on them, Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

magnae moles sepulcrorum,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5.—

Esp., a place where a corpse is burned (cf. sepelio):

funus interim procedit: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; cf.:

aram sepulcri (i. e. rogus), Congerere,

Verg. A. 6, 177:

alta sepulcri ara,

Sil. 15, 387.—Comically: clam uxorem ubi sepulcrum habeamus et hunc comburamus diem, etc., we may dig a grave for the day (v. comburo fin.), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 43 sq.—Likewise, jestingly, of an old man:

ex hoc sepulcro vetere viginti minas Effodiam ego hodie,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 19.—

Transf., grave, tomb, etc. ( poet.); of a vulture's maw' (vultur) Heu quam crudeli condebat membra (hominis) sepulcro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P (Ann. v. 142 Vahl.).—Of Troy:

Troja nefas, commune sepulcrum Europae Asiaeque,

Cat. 68, 89.—Of the dead:

gratum mutis sepulcris,

Cat. 96, 1: placatis sepulcris, Ov F. 2, 33.

sĕpulcrum (less correctly sĕpul-chrum; cf. Charis. p. 56 P.), i, n. [sepelio; cf. fulcrum, from fulcio; lavacrum, from lavo, etc.].

Lit., a burial-place, grave, tomb, sepulchre (cf.:

monumentum, tumulus): sepulcri appellatione omnem sepulturae locum contineri existimandum est,

Dig. 47, 12 (De sepulcro violato), 3, §

2: sepulcrum est ubi corpus ossave hominis condita sunt,

ib. 11, 7, 2; cf. Fest. p. 339 Müll;

Edict. Praet. ap. Dig. l. l.: qui sepulcrum violat, facit, quo quis minus sepultus sit,

ib. 7: siti dicuntur hi, qui conditi sunt: nec tamen eorum ante sepulcrum est, quam justa facta et corpus ingestum est, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

duae sunt leges de sepulcris,

id. ib. 2, 24, 61: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Ubi corpus requiescat malis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.):

(Ennius) in sepulcro Scipionum putatur esse constitutus ex marmore,

Cic. Arch. 9, 22; cf.:

cui (Africano) super Carthaginem Virtus sepulcrum condidit,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

in summo sepulcro (Archimedis) sphaeram esse positam cum cylindro, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

sepulcri Mitte supervacuos honores,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 23:

monumento sepulcri donatus est,

Nep. Dion, 10.—So in sing., Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 7; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 21; id. Mil. 2, 4, 19:

terra rerum commune sepulcrum,

Lucr. 5, 259; Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; Verg. A. 2, 542; 2, 646; 3, 67; 4, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 84; 2, 5, 104.— Plur., Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; 1, 14, 31; Verg. E. 8, 98; id. G. 1, 497; Hor. Epod. 17, 47: sepulcra legens, while reading the sepulchres, i. e. the inscriptions on them, Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

magnae moles sepulcrorum,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5.—

Esp., a place where a corpse is burned (cf. sepelio):

funus interim procedit: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; cf.:

aram sepulcri (i. e. rogus), Congerere,

Verg. A. 6, 177:

alta sepulcri ara,

Sil. 15, 387.—Comically: clam uxorem ubi sepulcrum habeamus et hunc comburamus diem, etc., we may dig a grave for the day (v. comburo fin.), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 43 sq.—Likewise, jestingly, of an old man:

ex hoc sepulcro vetere viginti minas Effodiam ego hodie,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 19.—

Transf., grave, tomb, etc. ( poet.); of a vulture's maw' (vultur) Heu quam crudeli condebat membra (hominis) sepulcro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P (Ann. v. 142 Vahl.).—Of Troy:

Troja nefas, commune sepulcrum Europae Asiaeque,

Cat. 68, 89.—Of the dead:

gratum mutis sepulcris,

Cat. 96, 1: placatis sepulcris, Ov F. 2, 33.

Mausōlus, i, m., = Mausôlos, a king of Caria, husband of Artemisia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; Gell. 10, 18, 1 sqq.; Mel. 1, 16, 3. —Hence,

Mausōlēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mausolus, Mausolean.

Lit.:

sepulcrum,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 59; or absol.: Mausōlēum ( Mēsōlum, Inscr. Orell. 4370), i, n., = Mausôleion, the magnificent tomb erected for Mausolus by his wife Artemisia; it was one of the seven wonders of the world, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30; Mel. 1, 16, 3; Gell. 10, 18, 2; Prop. 3(4), 1, 59. —

Transf., in gen., a splendid sepulchre, mausoleum, Mart. 5, 64, 5; Suet. Aug. 100; 101; id. Calig. 15; id. Ner. 46:

Caesarum,

id. Vesp. 23; id. Vitell. 10.

Mausōlus, i, m., = Mausôlos, a king of Caria, husband of Artemisia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; Gell. 10, 18, 1 sqq.; Mel. 1, 16, 3. —Hence,

Mausōlēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mausolus, Mausolean.

Lit.:

sepulcrum,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 59; or absol.: Mausōlēum ( Mēsōlum, Inscr. Orell. 4370), i, n., = Mausôleion, the magnificent tomb erected for Mausolus by his wife Artemisia; it was one of the seven wonders of the world, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30; Mel. 1, 16, 3; Gell. 10, 18, 2; Prop. 3(4), 1, 59. —

Transf., in gen., a splendid sepulchre, mausoleum, Mart. 5, 64, 5; Suet. Aug. 100; 101; id. Calig. 15; id. Ner. 46:

Caesarum,

id. Vesp. 23; id. Vitell. 10.

Mausōlus, i, m., = Mausôlos, a king of Caria, husband of Artemisia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; Gell. 10, 18, 1 sqq.; Mel. 1, 16, 3. —Hence,

Mausōlēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mausolus, Mausolean.

Lit.:

sepulcrum,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 59; or absol.: Mausōlēum ( Mēsōlum, Inscr. Orell. 4370), i, n., = Mausôleion, the magnificent tomb erected for Mausolus by his wife Artemisia; it was one of the seven wonders of the world, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30; Mel. 1, 16, 3; Gell. 10, 18, 2; Prop. 3(4), 1, 59. —

Transf., in gen., a splendid sepulchre, mausoleum, Mart. 5, 64, 5; Suet. Aug. 100; 101; id. Calig. 15; id. Ner. 46:

Caesarum,

id. Vesp. 23; id. Vitell. 10.

* * *

condĭtōrĭum, ii, n. [condo], a place where any thing is laid up, a repository (post-Aug.).

In gen.:

tormentorum muralium,

Amm. 18, 9, 1.—

Specif.

A place for preserving a dead body or the ashes of the dead, a coffin, Suet. Aug. 18; id. Calig. 52; Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 19.—

A tomb, sepulchre, in gen., Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5; Petr. 111, 2; 112, 3; Inscr. Orell. 2473.

sarcŏphăgus, a, um, adj., = sarkophhagos (flesh-devouring, carnivorous): sarcophagus lapis, a kind of limestone used for coffins (so called because the corpses were quickly consumed by it), Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211; 36, 17, 27, § 161.—In medicine, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 140.—

Transf., subst.: sarcŏphăgus, i, m. (‡ sarcŏphă-gum, i, n., Inscr. Don. 7, 8), a grave, sepulchre (post-Aug.), Juv. 10, 172; Dig. 11, 7, 37; 34, 1, 18 fin.; Prud. Cath. 3, 203; Inscr. Orell. 194; 4432; 4554 al.

sarcŏphăgus, a, um, adj., = sarkophhagos (flesh-devouring, carnivorous): sarcophagus lapis, a kind of limestone used for coffins (so called because the corpses were quickly consumed by it), Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211; 36, 17, 27, § 161.—In medicine, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 140.—

Transf., subst.: sarcŏphăgus, i, m. (‡ sarcŏphă-gum, i, n., Inscr. Don. 7, 8), a grave, sepulchre (post-Aug.), Juv. 10, 172; Dig. 11, 7, 37; 34, 1, 18 fin.; Prud. Cath. 3, 203; Inscr. Orell. 194; 4432; 4554 al.