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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ădytum</b>: i, n., = ἄδυτον (not to be entered),<br /><b>I</b> the innermost [[part]] of a [[temple]], the [[sanctuary]], [[which]] [[none]] [[but]] priests could [[enter]], and from [[which]] oracles were delivered.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: in occultis ac remotis templi, quae [[Graeci]] ἄδυτα appellant, Caes. B. C. 3, 105: aeternumque adytis effert penetralibus ignem, Verg. A. 2, 297: isque adytis haec tristia dicta reportat, id. ib. 2, 115; 6, 98; Hor. C. 1, 16, 5.—In gen., a [[secret]] [[place]], [[chamber]]; of the [[dead]], a [[grave]], [[tomb]], in Verg. A. 5, 84, and Juv. 13, 205: descriptionem cubiculorum in adytis, chambers in [[secret]] places, i. e. [[inner]] chambers, Vulg. 1 Par. 28, 11.—<br /><b>II</b> Fig.: ex adyto [[tamquam]] cordis responsa dedere, the [[inmost]] recesses, * Lucr. 1, 737.!*? In [[Attius]] also masc. adytus, ūs: adytus [[augura]], in Non. 488, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ădўtum</b>, ī, n. (ἄδυτον, où l’on ne peut pénétrer), partie la [[plus]] secrète d’un lieu sacré, sanctuaire : Cæs. C. 3, 105, 5 ; Virg., Hor., etc. ; [en parlant d’un tombeau] : ab imis adytis Virg. En. 5, 84, du fond du mausolée &#124;&#124; [fig.] ex adyto [[tamquam]] cordis Lucr. 1, 737, sortant comme du sanctuaire de l’âme.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; adytus, ūs, m., Acc. Tr. 624.||[fig.] ex adyto [[tamquam]] cordis Lucr. 1, 737, sortant comme du sanctuaire de l’âme.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; adytus, ūs, m., Acc. Tr. 624.
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{{Georges
|georg=adytum, ī, n. (ἄδυτον), gew. Plur. adyta, ōrum, n. (ἄδυτα), das Unbetretbare = der [[innerste]], den Laien unzugängliche [[Raum]] eines Heiligtums, besond. der, aus dem die [[Priester]] die Göttersprüche holten, das Allerheiligste, Verg., Hor. u.a.: ima adyta, eines Grabes, Verg. u. Lucan.: alqm adytis [[suis]] accipere (v. den Musen), Col. – übtr., ex adyto [[tamquam]] cordis, aus dem Innersten [[des]] Herzens, Lucr. 1, 737. – / Nbf. adytus, ūs, m., Acc. tr. 624.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=adytum adyti N N :: innermost part of a temple, sanctuary, shrine; innermost recesses/chamber
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