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stăbŭlum (noun N) : sto
* A standing-place, abode, habitation, dwelling.
* 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.
* A stoppingplace or abode for animals or persons of the lower class (freq. and class.).
* For animals, a stall, stable, enclosure of any kind (cf. praesepe): ovium,Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 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.
* Poet., transf., herds, flocks, droves, etc.: stabuli nutritor Iberi,i. e. Spanish sheep,Mart. 8, 28, 5: mansueta,Grat. Cyn. 154.
* Of humble houses.
* 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.
* 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
* Stabulum = lupanar, a brothel, house of ill - fame: pro cubiculis stabula,Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69.
* 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 Caesar, acc. to Suet. Caes. 49.
* A standing-place, abode, habitation, dwelling.
* 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.
* A stoppingplace or abode for animals or persons of the lower class (freq. and class.).
* For animals, a stall, stable, enclosure of any kind (cf. praesepe): ovium,Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 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.
* Poet., transf., herds, flocks, droves, etc.: stabuli nutritor Iberi,i. e. Spanish sheep,Mart. 8, 28, 5: mansueta,Grat. Cyn. 154.
* Of humble houses.
* 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.
* 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
* Stabulum = lupanar, a brothel, house of ill - fame: pro cubiculis stabula,Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69.
* 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 Caesar, acc. to Suet. Caes. 49.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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