armarium

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

armārĭum, ii, n. [arma],

a closet , chest , or safe , for food , clothing , money , etc.: armarium promptuarium, Cato R. R. 11, 3: reclusit armarium, Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 10; id. Men. 3, 3, 8; id. Ep. 2, 3, 3: cum esset in aedibus armarium, in quo sciret esse nummorum aliquantum et auri, Cic. Clu. 64; so id. Cael. 21, 52; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12: repositus in arcis armariisque, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 101; Dig. 33, 10, 3: armarium muricibus praefixum, the box , set with sharp spikes , in which Regulus was put to death , Gell. 6, 4 fin.

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