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thēsaurus | thensaurus | thensau-rum (noun N.m) = θησαυρός.: (old form , Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form , n., Petr. 46, 8), , m.
* Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.
* Lit.: TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,Inscr. Orell. 3247: thensaurum effodere,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7: thesaurum defodere ... invenire,Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,id. Sen. 7, 21: non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,Sall. J. 10, 4: intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.
* A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).
* Trop. (very rare): thesaurus mali,a great quantity,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo; thensaurum inde pariunt,id. Most. 4, 1, 8: thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,App. M. 5, p. 165, 15.
* The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.
* Lit.: monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229: admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,Liv. 39, 50, 3: Proserpinae,id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.
* Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest: cum thesaurum effregisset heres,Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37: apertis thesauris suis,Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.
* Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12: quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.: thesauri argumentorum,Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109: suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.: mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,a literary storehouse,Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.
* Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.
* Lit.: TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,Inscr. Orell. 3247: thensaurum effodere,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7: thesaurum defodere ... invenire,Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,id. Sen. 7, 21: non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,Sall. J. 10, 4: intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.
* A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).
* Trop. (very rare): thesaurus mali,a great quantity,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo; thensaurum inde pariunt,id. Most. 4, 1, 8: thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,App. M. 5, p. 165, 15.
* The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.
* Lit.: monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229: admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,Liv. 39, 50, 3: Proserpinae,id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.
* Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest: cum thesaurum effregisset heres,Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37: apertis thesauris suis,Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.
* Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12: quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.: thesauri argumentorum,Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109: suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.: mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,a literary storehouse,Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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