habitaculum
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
Latin > English
habitaculum habitaculi N N :: dewlling place; home, residence; habitation (Bee)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hăbĭtācŭlum: i, n. id.,
I a dwellingplace, habitation (post-class.).
I Lit.: leonis, Gell. 5, 14, 21: avium, Pall. 1, 23.—
II Transf., of the body, as the dwellingplace of the soul, Prud. Cath. 10, 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hăbĭtācŭlum, ī, n. (habito), demeure : Gell. 5, 14, 21 || [fig.] demeure de l’âme, c.-à-d. le corps : Prud. Cath. 10, 39.
Latin > German (Georges)
habitāculum, ī, n. (habito), der Wohnplatz, die Wohnung der Menschen, hab. pastorum, Vulg.: agrestia habitacula, Amm.: in Romano solo apud Toxiandriam locum habitacula sibi figere, Amm. – der Tiere, leonis, Gel.: avium, Pallad. – übtr. vom Körper als W. der Seele, Prud. cath. 10, 40. Pacat. pan. 5, 3. Augustin. serm. 368, 1.
