Museum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Mūsēum, i, and Mūsīum, ĭi, n., = Μουσεῖον,

a seat of the muses, a museum; a place for learned occupations, a library, academy, study , Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; Suet. Claud. 42; Spart. Hadr. 20; a grotto , Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154.

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