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                    "description": "arca (noun F) : arceo: arca et arx quasi res secretae, a quibus omnes arceantur,Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 262; v. arceo\n* A place for keeping any thing, a chest, box.\n* Lit.\n* In gen.: arca vestiaria,Cato, R. R. 11, 3: ex illā oleā arcam esse factam eoque   conditas sortes, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Suet. Tib. 63: arca ingens variorum venenorum plena,id. Calig. 59 al.—Very freq.\n* Transf. Of any thing in the form of a box or chest.\n* 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.\n* A quadrangular landmark; cf. Scriptt. Agrim. pp. 119, 222, 223, 271 Goes.\n* Noah's ark (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 6, 14 sqq.; ib. Matt. 24, 38; ib. Heb. 11, 7 al.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* In mechanics, the water-box of a hydraulic machine, Vitr. 10, 13.\n* A watercistern, a reservoir, Vitr. 6, 3."
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