subsellium
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English
subsellium subselli(i) N N :: bench/low seat (in auditorium.theater/court); tribunes seat; courts (pl.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
subsellĭum: ii, n. sub-sella,
I a low bench (quod non plane erat sella, subsellium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 128 Müll.); hence, transf., a bench for sitting upon, a seat of any kind (in a house, the theatre, the curia, a court, etc.; syn.: scamnum, sedile).
I In gen., Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 21; 1, 2, 36; id. Capt. 3, 1, 11; Suet. Ter. 2; cf. Cels. 7, 26, 1.—Of places in the theatre: ut conquisitores singuli in subsellia Eant per totam caveam, etc., Plaut. Am. prol. 65; id. Poen. prol. 5; Cic. Corn. Fragm. med. (ap. Orell. V. 2, p. 68); Suet. Aug. 43; 44; id. Ner. 26; id. Claud. 41 al.—Of the seats of senators in the curia: volo, hoc oratori contingat, ... ut locus in subselliis occupetur, etc., Cic. Brut. 84, 290: subsellia senatūs, id. Phil. 5, 7, 18; cf. id. ib. 2, 8, 19; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16; Suet. Claud. 23 al.—In the courts, Cic. Vatin. 14, 34: sedere in accusatorum subselliis, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 17: advocato adversis subselliis sedenti, Quint. 11, 3, 132; cf. id. 6, 1, 39; 12, 3, 2.—Prov.: vir imi subselli, a man of no account, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 33.—
II In partic.
A Lit., a judge's seat, the bench: accusabat tribunus plebis idem in contionibus, idem ad subsellia, Cic. Clu. 34, 93: rem ab subselliis in rostra detulit, id. ib. 40, 111.—
B Transf.
1 The bench, i. e. the occupants of a bench: bibis quantum subsellia quinque solus, Mart. 1, 27, 1. —
2 A court, tribunal: age vero ne semper forum, subsellia, rostra, curiamque meditere, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32: subsellia grandiorem et pleniorem vocem desiderant, id. Brut. 84, 289: longi subsellii judicatio et mora, id. Fam. 3, 9, 2: qui habitaret in subselliis, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48: versatus in utrisque subselliis, i. e. as judge and advocate, id. Fam. 13, 10, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subsellĭum,¹⁰ ĭī, n. (sub et sella),
1 siège peu élevé, petit banc : Varro L. 5, 128
2 [en gén.] banc, banquette : Pl. Capt. 471 ; St. 489 ; 698 ; Cels. Med. 7, 26, 1, etc.
3 [en part.] subsellia a) bancs du théâtre : Pl. Amph. 65 ; Pœn. 5 ; Suet. Aug. 43 ; 44 ; Nero 26, etc. ; b) bancs des sénateurs dans la curie : Cic. Br. 290 ; Phil. 5, 18 ; Cat. 1, 16 ; c) [au tribunal, bancs des juges, des plaideurs, des avocats, des greffiers, des amis assistant les parties, d’où] enceinte du tribunal : Cic. Br. 289 ; de Or. 1, 264, etc. || = les tribunaux, la justice : Cic. de Or. 1, 32 ; 1, 264, etc. || versatus in utrisque subselliis Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 2, ayant fait office d’avocat et de juge.
Latin > German (Georges)
subsellium, iī, n. (sub u. sella), I) die niedrige Bank, Varro LL. 5, 128. – II) jede ordentliche, gewöhnliche Bank zum Sitzen, die Sitzbank im Hause, Cels., Sen. u.a.: vor dem Speisesofa, dah. Lacones imi subselli viri, geringe Leute, Plaut. capt. 471 Schoell; vgl. Stich. 489 G.: der Zuschauer im Theater usw., Cic.: der Senatoren in der Kurie, Cic. (dah. longi subsellii iudicatio et mora, die zögernde Prüfung im Senate, wo man alles auf die lange Bank schiebt, Cic. ep. 3, 9, 2): der Tribunen u. anderer nicht kurulischen Beamten auf dem Markt, Liv. u. Suet.: bes. in Gerichten für die Richter, Kläger, Beklagten, Anwälte usw., Cic.: rei subs., Catull. – meton.: a) v. den auf der Bank Sitzenden, die Bank, Mart. 1, 26, 1. – b) subsellia = Gerichte (iudicia), habitare in subselliis (v. Sachwalter), Cic.: versari in ut isque subselliis (als Sachwalter u. als Richter) optimā et fide et famā, Cic. – / Nach Bährens Prolegg. ad Catull. p. LX ist Catull. 39, 3 subselium zu schreiben, eine Form, die sich auch sonst noch finden soll; vgl. subseliarium.
Latin > Chinese
subsellium, ii. n. :: 椅。座。戲臺客座。議事廳人座。公堂。堂中凡人座。Homo a subselliis 諳衙門之事。