ăsȳlum, i, n., = ἄσυλον,
a place of refuge , a sanctuary , an asylum : servus, qui in illud asylum confugisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33: Romulus asylum aperit, Liv. 1, 8: lucum asylum referre, Verg. A. 8, 342: Junonis asylum, id. ib. 2, 761: asyla statuere, Tac. A. 3, 60: lucus asyli, id. H. 3, 71; Gell. 6, 2 fin. : de asylo procedere, * Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 34 al.