ergastulum
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ergastŭlum: i, n. ἐργάζομαι,
I a workhouse for offenders (slaves, debtors, etc.), a house of correction, penitentiary.
I Prop., Col. 1, 6, 3; 1, 8, 16; Cic. Clu. 7, 21; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 20; Liv. 2, 23; 7, 4; Suet. Aug. 32; id. Tib. 8 al.; Vulg. Exod. 6, 6 al.—
II Transf., in plur., ergastula, ōrum, n. (like stabula, servitia, mancipia, etc.), the inmates of a workhouse, penitentiary convicts, * Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 2; Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 36; Flor. 4, 8, 1; Juv. 14, 24 al.—In the masc. sing.: ergastŭlus=ergastularius, a foreman in a workhouse, Lucil. ap. Non. 447, 7 sq.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ergastŭlum,¹² ī, n. (ἐργάζομαι), ergastule [atelier d’esclaves et bâtiment où on les enfermait après les plus durs travaux ; on y enfermait aussi certains condamnés] : Cic. Clu. 21 || pl., esclaves en ergastule, détenus : Cæs. C. 3, 22, 2 ; Juv. 14, 24.
Latin > German (Georges)
ergastulum, ī, n. (v. εργάζεσθαι, arbeiten), I) das (ländliche) Gefängnis, worin Sklaven, auch zuweilen Schuldner, zur Strafe eingesperrt und zu harter Arbeit angehalten wurden, das Arbeitshaus, Werkhaus, Zuchthaus, ergastuli mancipia, Col.: ergastuli detrimenta, Curt.: ille ex compedibus atque ergastulo, Cic.: alqm in ergastulum dare od. ducere, Liv.: apud alqm in ergastulo esse, Cic.: ergastula refringere, Flor.: ergastula solvere, Caes. – erg. im guten Sinne, die Fabrik, Suet. Aug. 32, 1 (zweimal). – II) meton., die im Arbeitshause eingesperrten Sklaven, Züchtlinge, Sträflinge, Plin. 18, 36. Iuven. 14, 24; ergastula armare, Flor. 4, 8, 1.
Latin > English
ergastulum ergastuli N N :: convicts (pl.); chain gang; inmates of a workhouse/penitentiary
ergastulum ergastulum ergastuli N N :: prison; prison on estate where refractory slaves worked in chains; workhouse
