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|lshtext=<b>arca</b>: ae, f. [[arceo]]: [[arca]] et arx [[quasi]] res secretae, a quibus omnes arceantur, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 262; v. [[arceo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[place]] for [[keeping]] [[any]] [[thing]], a [[chest]], [[box]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[coffin]] (cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.), Liv. 40, 29; cf. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 85; Val. Max. 1, 1: cadavera Conservus vili portanda locabat in arcā, Hor. S. 1, 8, 9; Luc. 8, 736; Dig. 11, 7; Inscr. Orell. 3560; 4429.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. Of [[any]] [[thing]] in the form of a [[box]] or [[chest]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Noah's [[ark]] (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 6, 14 sqq.; ib. Matt. 24, 38; ib. Heb. 11, 7 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In mechanics, the [[water]]-[[box]] of a hydraulic [[machine]], Vitr. 10, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A watercistern, a [[reservoir]], Vitr. 6, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> A [[quadrangular]] [[landmark]]; cf. Scriptt. Agrim. pp. 119, 222, 223, 271 Goes.
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