pomerium

Latin > English

pomerium pomeri(i) N N :: boundry of town; bare strip around town wall; limits (of topic/subject)
pomerium pomerium pomeri(i) N N :: space left free from buildings round walls of Roman/Etruscan town (esp. Rome)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pōmērĭum: and pōmoerĭum (the first is most freq. in inscrr., the latter in MSS.;
I but the better manuscripts have also, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13, and Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24, pomerium. A third form, post-moerium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll., seems merely to have been assumed from the etymology; a fourth archaic form is posi-merium, pontificale pomoerium, qui auspicato olim quidem omnem urbem ambiebat praeter Aventinum ... estque prosimerium quasi proxi-murium, pontifices auspicabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.), ĭi, n. post-moerus = murus.
I Lit., the open space left free from buildings within and without the walls of a town, bounded by stones (cippi or termini), and limiting the city auspices, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Gell. 13, 14, 6; 15, 27, 4; Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24: POMERIVM, Inscr. (746 A. U. C.) Orell. 1; Inscr. Grut. 242 (Orell. 1, p. 567); Inscr. Orell. 710; Inscr. (A. D. 121) Orell. 811: pomoerium intrare, transire, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11: de pomoerii jure, id. Div. 2, 35, 75: sales intra pomeria nati, i. e. of the city, Juv. 9, 11.—
II Trop., bounds, limits (ante- and post-class.): qui minore pomerio finierunt, who have prescribed narrower limits to themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13; Macr. S. 1, 24.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pōmērĭum,¹² v. pomoerium.

Latin > German (Georges)

pōmērium, iī, n. (urspr. pōmoerium, post u. moerus = murus), I) der längs der Stadtmauer innerhalb u. außerhalb frei gelassene, durch Steine (cippi od. termini) abgegrenzte und die städtischen Auspizien begrenzende Raum, der Maueranger, Zwinger, s. Liv. 1, 44, 3 sqq. Tac. ann. 12, 23 sq. Varro LL. 5, 143. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1231. 1232. 1233: pomerium intrare, transire, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 11. – II) bildl., die Grenze, Mark, qui minore pomerio finierunt, Varro r. r. 1, 2, 13: certos scientiae fines et velut quaedam pomeria et effata posuerunt, Macr. sat. 1, 24, 12. – / pomerium (nicht pomoerium) ist die durch Inschriften u. die besten Handschriften beglaubigte Schreibung; so auch archaist. posimirium, Paul. ex Fest. 248, 15. – Nbf. postmoerium, Varro L. L. 5, 143 u. Liv. 1, 44, 4 als etymologische Erklärung.