arcula
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Latin > English
arcula arculae N F :: small box/chest/casket; small jewel/perfume/money box; wind-box of an organ
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
arcŭla: ae, f.
dim. arca,
I a small chest or box, a casket, etc.
I For unguents, ornaments, etc.
A A small perfume - box, a jewel-casket, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 91: arculae muliebres, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25.—Hence, trop. of rhetor. ornament: omnes (Isocratis) discipulorum arculae, Cic. Att. 2, 1.—
B A small money-box or casket: arcula plena aranearum, Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. tanne, p. 154 (cf. Cat. 13, 8: Plenus sacculus est aranearum). —
II The wind-box of an organ, Vitr. 10, 13.—
III Arcula dicebatur avis, quae in auspiciis vetabat aliquid fieri, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) arcŭla,¹⁴ æ, f. (dim. de arca), coffret : Cic. Off. 2, 25 || petite cassette [pour l’argent] : Afran. 410 || boîte à couleurs : Varro R. 3, 17, 4 || boîte à fard ou à parfums : Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1 || coffre [contenant les flèches] : Quint. 12, 3, 4 ; [les vêtements] Sen. Ep. 92, 13 || sommier d’un orgue hydraulique : Vitr. Arch. 10, 8, 2 || urne funéraire : Marcian. Dig. 11, 7, 39.
Latin > German (Georges)
arcula, ae, f. (Demin. v. arca, s. Varr. LL. 9, 74. Diom. 326, 6), I) das Kästchen, operculum arculae, Col.: arcula fagina, tiliaginea, Col.: aurea, Capit.: arculae loculatae, Farbenkasten der Maler, Varr. (vgl. unten aus Cic.): pyxidem depromit arculā, Apul.: arculā quādam reclusā pyxides plusculas inde depromit, Apul. – arculae muliebres, Schmuckkästchen, Cic.: ex arcula prolata vestis, Sen.: cedo mihi speculum et cum ornamentis arculam, Plaut. – tanne (tamne) arcula (Geldkästchen, Kasse) tua plena est aranearum? Afran. fr. – qui velut ad arculas (Munitionskasten) sedent et tela agentibus subministrant, Quint. – übtr., v. Redeschmuck, meus autem liber totum Isocrati μυροθήκιον (Farbentopf) atque omnes eius discipulorum arculas (Farbenkasten) ac non nihil etiam Aristotelia pigmenta consumpsit, Cic. ad Att. 2, 1. § 2. – II) die Windlade in den Orgeln, Vitr. 10, 8 (13), 4 sq. – / Synk. arcla, Gloss. III, 197, 19; vgl. Löwe Gloss. nom. no. 197.
Latin > Chinese
arcula, ae. f. :: 小箱
