Libitina

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Lĭbĭtīna: ae, f. libet, līber,
I the goddess of corpses, in whose temple everything pertaining to burials was sold or hired out, and where the registers of deaths were kept.
I Lit.: triginta funerum milia in rationem Libitinae venerunt, were registered, Suet. Ner. 39.—
II Transf.
   A The requisites for burial, the apparatus of funerals: pestilentia tanta erat ut Libitina vix sufficeret, i. e. it was hardly possible to bury all the dead, Liv. 40, 19, 3: ne liberorum quidem funeribus Libitina sufficiebat, id. 41, 21, 6.—
   2    Esp., a bier, a funeral pile: dum levis arsura struitur libitina papyro, Mart. 10, 97; Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 45.—
   3    The undertaker's business, the disposal of corpses: Libitinam exercere, Val. Max. 5, 2, 10.—
   B Death (poet.): multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam, Hor. C. 3, 30, 6; cf. id. S. 2, 6, 19: Libitinam evadere, Juv. 14, 122; Phaedr. 4, 18 fin.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Lĭbĭtīna,¹⁴ æ, f.,
1 déesse des morts : Suet. Nero 39
2 appareil des funérailles : Liv. 40, 19, 3 || cercueil : Mart. 10, 97, 1 ; Plin. 37, 45 || administration des pompes funèbres : Val. Max. 5, 2, 10 || la Mort [poét.] : Hor. O. 3, 30, 7 ; Juv. 14, 122.