tholus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

thŏlus: i, m., = θόλος,>
I a dome, cupola, a rotunda (syn.: fornix, testudo), Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 12; id. ap. Non. 448, 22; Vitr. 4, 7; 7, 5 med.; Ov. F. 6, 282; 6, 296; Mart. 2, 59, 2. — In the tholi of the temple the votive gifts were suspended, Verg. A. 9, 408; Stat. S. 1, 4, 32; id. Th. 2, 734; Val. Fl. 1, 56.