carcer

Latin > English

carcer carceris N M :: prison, jail; jailbird; starting barriers at race-course, traps; beginning

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

carcer: ĕris, m. Sicilian κάρκαρον; cf. O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 13; etym. dub.; cf. scrinium,
I an enclosed place; hence,
I A prison, jail (syn.: custodia, vincula): si tresviri me in carcerem conpegerint, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; Lucr. 3, 1016; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22 sq.; Liv. 6, 36, 112 al.: carcer, quem vindicem scelerum majores nostri esse voluerunt, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27.
   A Poet., of the custody of the winds, Verg. A. 1, 54; Ov. M. 4, 663; 14, 224; id. F. 2, 456; and of the lower world: carcer inferorum, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1222: Ditis, Luc. 6, 797.—Trop., of the chains of the body: qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt, Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14; so id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Luc. 6, 721.—
   B Esp., the Roman State-prison, close to the Forum, at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the right of the Sacra Via, built by Ancus Marcius, Liv. 1, 33, 8; extended under ground by Servius Tullius; hence this part of the prison is called Tullianum. Varr. L. L. 5, § 151, p. 42 Bip.; Cic. Sull. 25, 70; Sall. C. 55, 3; Liv. 1, 33, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51 al.; cf.: in inferiorem demissus carcerem, Liv. 34, 44, 8: in carcerem conditi, id. 29, 22, 7; cf. also Fest. p. 356 Müll., and Becker. Antiq. 1, 262 sq.; v. also Tullianum and robur, II. A.—
   C Meton.
   a The imprisoned criminals: in me carcerem effudistis, Cic. Pis. 7, 16.—
   b As a term of reproach ( = carcerarius), jail-bird, scapegallows: carcer vix carcere dignus, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 26; Ter. Phorm. l. l.—
II The barrier or starting-place in the race-course (opp. meta or calx; v. h. vv.); usu. in plur., carceres, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; Lucr. 2, 264; 4, 990; Cic. Brut. 47, 173; Verg. G. 1, 512; * Hor. S. 1, 1, 114 al. —In sing. (mostly poet.), Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (v. 88 Vahl.); Tib. 1, 4, 32 (imitated by Ov. H. 18, 166); Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Verg. G. 3, 104; id. A. 5, 145 Serv.; Ov. M. 10, 652; id. Tr. 5, 9, 29; 5, 12, 26; Suet. Caes. 21; Stat. Th. 6, 522.—
   B Trop., the commencement, beginning, of a course of action or of a condition: a quibus carceribus decurrat ad metas, Varr. R. R. 1, 3; so id. ib. 2, 7, 1: ad carceres a calce revocari, i.e. to begin life anew, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; cf.: cum aequalibus, quibus cum tamquam e carceribus emissus sis, id. Lael. 27, 101.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

carcĕr,⁹ ĕris, m.,
1 prison, cachot : in carcerem conjicere aliquem Cic. Nat. 2, 6, jeter qqn en prison ; in carcerem demissus Liv. 34, 44, 8 ; conditus Liv. 29, 22, 7, jeté, enfermé dans un cachot || tout endroit où l’on est enfermé : e corporum vinclis tanquam e carcere evolare Cic. Rep. 6, 14, s’envoler des liens du corps comme d’une prison || ce que renferme une prison, prisonniers : in me carcerem effudistis Cic. Pis. 16, vous avez lâché sur moi les prisons || gibier de prison, de potence : Ter. Phorm. 373
2 l’enceinte, d’où partent les chars dans une course [au pl. en prose] : Cic. Br. 173 || [fig.] point de départ : ad carceres a calce revocari Cic. CM 83, être rappelé du terme au point de départ.

Latin > German (Georges)

carcer, eris, m. (sikulisch κάρκαρον), die Umfriedigung, die Umzäunung, dah. I) das Gefängnis, der Kerker, Gewahrsam, A) eig.: nervus, carcer, moletrina, Cato fr.: ostium carceris, Cic.: ianitor carceris, Cic.: custos carceris, Manil. u. carcerum custodes, Firm. math.: ratio carceris, Cic.: plenus carcer damnatis, Sen. rhet.: vadere in carcerem, Cic.: in carcerem ducere, condere, conicere, contrudere, Cic.: in carcerem includere, Cic., carcere includere, Liv.: in carcere includi, Cic.: in carcere includi inter fures nocturnos, Liv.: vinculis et carcere fatigare alqm, Cic.: emitti e carcere, Cic.: carcerem aperire, Lact.: carcerem refringere, Liv.: carcerem effringere, Tac.: sunt ita multi, ut eos carcer capere non possit, Cic. – vom Körper (als dem Gefängnis der Seele, vgl. Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 10, 9 sqq.), qui e corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt, Cic.: illa vincula carceris rumpere, Cic.: in corpora ire iussisse (animas), quorum indutae carceribus etc., Arnob. 2, 45: haec (mors) e carcere educit, Sen. ad Marc. 20, 2. – B) meton.: 1) = die eingekerkerten Verbrecher, in me carcerem effudistis, Cic. Pis. 16. – 2) als Schimpfwort, etwa = Schurke, Ter. Phorm. 373: carcer vix carcere dignus, Lucil. sat. 28, 62 (cf. inc. 141). – II) die Schranken der Rennbahn, gew. (in Prosa immer) im Plur., carcere od. carceribus effundi od. se effundere, Verg.: e carceribus exire, Varr. LL. u. Cic.: e carceribus emitti cum alqo, Cic.: carceribus missi currus, Hor.: exspectant vel uti consul cum mittere signum volt omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, quam mox emittat pictis e faucibus currus, Enn. ann. 87 sqq.: im Bilde, nemini fortuna currum e carcere intimo missum labi inoffensum per aecor (= aequor) candidum ad calcem sivit, Varr. sat. Men. 288: ad carceres a calce revocari, das Leben von neuem beginnen, Cic. de sen. 83; vgl. Cic. de amic. 101. Varr. r. r. 1, 3 u. 2, 7, 1.

Latin > Chinese

carcer, eris. m. :: 監牢。馬起跑所。Homo carcer 匪類人。A calce ad carcerem 再起。

Translations

Abkhaz: абахҭа; Adzera: karabus; Afrikaans: tronk, gevangenis; Albanian: burg; Amharic: ከርቼሌ, ዘብጥያ; Arabic: سِجْن‎; Egyptian Arabic: سجن‎; Hijazi Arabic: سِجِن‎; Moroccan Arabic: حبْس‎; Aramaic: ܚܒܘܫܝܐ‎; Armenian: բանտ; Aromanian: ncljisoari, hapsi, hãpsani, filichii, zundani, pudrumi; Asturian: cárcel, prisión; Avar: турма; Azerbaijani: həbsxana, zindan, dustaqxana, qazamat, türmə, həbs; Bashkir: төрмә; Basque: espetxe; Belarusian: турма, цямні́ца, астрог; Bengali: কারাগার; Bulgarian: затвор, дранголник, тъмница, тюрма, зандан; Burmese: အကျဉ်းထောင်, ထောင်; Catalan: presó, càrcer, presidi; Cebuano: bilanggoan, prisohan; Chechen: набахти; Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏍᏚᏗ; Chinese Cantonese: 監獄, 监狱, 牢獄, 牢狱, 監牢, 监牢; Dungan: йүҗян, банфонзы; Hakka: 監獄, 监狱, 監牢, 监牢, 囹仔; Mandarin: 監獄, 监狱, 牢獄, 牢狱, 監牢, 监牢, 班房; Min Nan: 監牢, 监牢, 監獄, 监狱, 櫳仔, 栊仔, 櫳仔內, 栊仔内; Wu: 監獄, 监狱; Coptic: ϣⲧⲉⲕⲟ, ⲕⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ; Cornish: prison; Corsican: prigione, prigiò, prighjò, carcere, carcera; Czech: vězení, žalář, věznice; Danish: fængsel; Dutch: gevangenis, kerker; English: big house, calaboose, can, chokey, choky, clink, correctional facility, correctional institution, hock, house of detention, joint, jug, nick, pen, penitentiary, porridge, prison, queer ken, slam, slammer, stir; Esperanto: malliberejo, prizono; Estonian: vangla; Farefare: yʋ'a deem; Faroese: fongsul, fangahús, gegl; Finnish: vankila, tyrmä; French: prison, cabane, geôle, pénitencier; Old French: prison; Galician: prisión, cárcere, cadea, trenla; Georgian: ციხე, საპატიმრო; German: Gefängnis, Knast, Kerker, Zuchthaus; Greek: γκιζντάνι, δεσμωτήριο, μπουζού, στενή, φρέσκο, φυλάκα, φυλακή, ψειρού; Ancient Greek: ἀναγκαῖον, ἀνώγαιον, ἀπόκλεισμα, ἀποκλεισμός, γόργυρα, δεκανικός, δεσμευτήριον, δεσμός, δεσμοφυλάκειον, δεσμοφυλάκιον, δεσμωτήριον, δικαιωτήριον, δραπεταγώγιον, ἐγκλειστήριον, ἐγκλείστρα, εἶργμα, εἰργμός, εἱργμός, εἰρκτή, εἱρκτή, ἑρκτή, κάρκαρον, κάρκαρος, οἴκημα, ὁρκάνα, ὁρκάνη, ὀχύρωμα, συγκλειστήριον, σωματοτροφεῖον, τήρησις, τηρητήριον, φρουρά, φρούριον, φυλακή; Greenlandic: parnaarussivik; Gujarati: તુરંગ; Hebrew: כֶּלֶא‎, בֵּית כֶּלֶא‎, בֵּית סֹהַר‎, בֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים‎; Hiligaynon: bilanggoan; Hindi: कारागार, बन्दीघर, जेल, क़ैदख़ाना; Hungarian: börtön; Icelandic: fangelsi; Ido: karcero; Ilocano: pagbaludan; Indonesian: penjara; Irish: príosún, carcair; Italian: prigione, carcere, fresco; Japanese: 監獄, 刑務所, 牢屋, 牢; Jarai: sang krư̆, sang mơnă; Kannada: ಜೈಲು; Kazakh: түрме, абақты; Khmer: គុក, ពន្ធនាគារ; Korean: 교도소(矯導所), 교화소(敎化所), 감옥(監獄), 형무소(刑務所); Kurdish Central Kurdish: بەندیخانە‎, گرتوخانە‎, زندان‎; Northern Kurdish: girtîgeh, zindan; Kyrgyz: түрмө, абак; Lao: ຄຸກ, ເຮືອນຈຳກາງ, ພັນທະນາຄານ, ຕະລາງ, ໂຮງຣາຊທັນ; Latin: carcer; Latvian: cietums; Lithuanian: kalėjimas; Livonian: vizākuodā; Luxembourgish: Prisong; Macedonian: затвор, зандана; Malay: penjara; Malayalam: കാരാഗൃഹം, ജയില്, തുറുങ്ക്; Maltese: ħabs; Manx: pryssoon; Maori: whare herehere; Marathi: तुरुंग; Mongolian Cyrillic: шорон, гяндан, хар гэр; Moore: bãens-roogo, bi-bees roogo; Navajo: awáalya; Nepali: थाना; Northern Sami: fáŋgal, ladni; Norwegian Bokmål: fengsel; Nynorsk: fengsel; Occitan: preson; Ojibwe: gibaakwa'odiiwigamig; Okinawan: 監獄, 牢屋, 牢; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: тьмьница, острогъ; Old East Slavic: тюрма, тьмьница, острогъ; Old English: cweartern, carcern; Oromo: mana hidhaa; Ossetian: ахӕстон; Pashto: زندان‎, اړتون‎, بنديخانه‎, جېل‎, جېلخانه‎, قيدخانه‎, محبس‎; Persian: زندان‎; Plautdietsch: Kjarkja, Jefenkjniss; Polish: więzienie, pierdel; Portuguese: prisão, cadeia, xadrez, cárcere; Punjabi: ਜੇਲ੍ਹ, ਬੰਦੀਖਾਨਾ, ਬੰਦੀਖ਼ਾਨਾ, ਕੈਦਖਾਨਾ, ਕੈਦਖ਼ਾਨਾ; Quechua: laqha wasi; Romanian: închisoare, pușcărie, temniță; Romansch: praschun; Russian: тюрьма, темница, острог, кутузка, каталажка, тюряга, зона, каземат; Sanskrit: कारागृह, कारागार; Scots: preeson; Scottish Gaelic: prìosan; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: затвор, та̀мница; Roman: zátvor, tàmnica; Sinhalese: සිරගෙදර; Slovak: väznica, väzenie, žalár; Slovene: zapor, ječa; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: popajźeństwo; Upper Sorbian: jastwo; Southern Altai: тӱрме; Spanish: cárcel, prisión, penitenciaría, chirona, trullo, talego; Svan: დჷლიგ; Swahili: jela, gereza; Swedish: fängelse; Tagalog: bilangguan, piitan; Tajik: зиндон; Tamil: சிறை, சிறைச்சாலை; Tatar: төрмә; Telugu: జైలు, కారాగారం; Thai: คุก, กรงขัง, เรือนจำ, พันธนาคาร, ทัณฑสถาน; Tibetan: བཙོན་ཁང; Tigrinya: ቤት ማእሰርቲ; Tocharian B: prautke; Tok Pisin: kalabus; Turkish: hapis, hapishane, cezaevi; Turkmen: türme; Tuvan: кара-бажың; Ukrainian: в'язниця, тюрма, темниця, острог; Urdu: کاراگار‎, بندیگھر‎, جیل‎, قیدخانہ‎; Uyghur: تۈرمە‎, قاماقخانا‎; Uzbek: turma, qamoqxona; Vietnamese: tù, nhà tù; Volapük: fanäböp; Walloon: prijhon; Welsh: carchar; West Frisian: finzenis; Yiddish: טורמע‎, תּפֿיסה‎; Yonaguni: 牢屋; Zhuang: banfuengz, gam, lauz, fuengz