lautumiae
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lautŭmĭae: (lātŏmĭae and lātŭ-mĭae), ārum, f., = λατομία,
I a stone-quarry.
I 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.—
II In partic., a prison cut out of the rock.
A 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.—
B 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lautŭmĭæ,¹² v. latomiae.
