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Lewis Short
lautŭmĭae | lātŏmĭae | lātŭ-mĭae (noun F) : ( and ), , , = λατομία
* A stone-quarry.
* In gen.: vel in lautumiis vel in pistrino mavelim Agere aetatem, quam, etc.,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 5: latomiae lapidariae,id. Capt. 3, 5, 65.
* In partic., a prison cut out of the rock.
* At Syracuse: carcer Syracusis vocantur latomiae,Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll.; v.in the foll.: lautumias Syracusanas omnes audistis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68; 2, 5, 57, § 148.
* The state prison in Rome, on the north-eastern side of the capitol, usually called Tullianum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151: principes Aetolorum Romam deducti et in Lautumias conjecti sunt,Liv. 37, 3, 8; 26, 27, 3; 32, 26, 17; 39, 44, 7.
* A stone-quarry.
* In gen.: vel in lautumiis vel in pistrino mavelim Agere aetatem, quam, etc.,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 5: latomiae lapidariae,id. Capt. 3, 5, 65.
* In partic., a prison cut out of the rock.
* At Syracuse: carcer Syracusis vocantur latomiae,Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll.; v.in the foll.: lautumias Syracusanas omnes audistis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68; 2, 5, 57, § 148.
* The state prison in Rome, on the north-eastern side of the capitol, usually called Tullianum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151: principes Aetolorum Romam deducti et in Lautumias conjecti sunt,Liv. 37, 3, 8; 26, 27, 3; 32, 26, 17; 39, 44, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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