conopeum
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
Latin > English
conopeum conopei N N :: canopy; mosquito-net, gauze net; bed provided with a mosquito-net
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cōnōpē̆um: (instead of a short
I e, sometimes cōnōpĭum), ei, n., = κωνωπεῖον, a net of fine gauze, used originally by the Egyptians, especially about the bed, as a protection against gnats, etc.; mosquito-curtains or bars: cōnōpēum, Juv. 6, 80: cōnōpĕum (cōnōpĭum), Hor. Epod. 9, 16, and Prop. 3 (4), 11, 45. In a doubtful measure, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 8.—Hence, Engl. canopy.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnōpēum,¹⁵ ī, n., Juv. 6, 80, et cōnōpĭum, ĭī, n., Hor. Epo. 9, 16 (κωνωπεῖον), moustiquaire ; tenture, pavillon.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōnōpēum, ī, n. (κωνωπειον) od. cōnōpium, ī, n., ein feinmaschiges Mückennetz u. die mit einem Mückennetz umzogene Lagerstätte, das Himmelbett (im Mittelalter canapeum,) Hor. epod. 9, 16. Prop. 3, 11, 45. Iuven. 6, 80: in Liburnien, Varr. r. r. 2, 10, 8.
