cubicularius

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

cŭbĭcŭlārĭus, a, um (cŭbĭcŭlāris, e; gen., Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; dat., id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; but ap. Suet. Aug. 7, the better read. is cubiculi Lares; v. cubiculum, I.), adj. [cubiculum], of or pertaining to a sleepingchamber.

I Adj. : lucerna, Mart. 14, 39 in lemm. : gausapina, id. 14, 147 in lemm. : stragula, Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226.—

II Subst.: cŭ-bĭcŭlārĭus , ii, m., a chamber-servant, valet-de-chambre : hunc vestri janitores, hunc cubicularii diligunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8; id. Att. 6, 2, 5: manere ... cum uno medico et cubicularis duobus, Suet. Caes. 4 Roth (al. -ariis); id. Ner. 38; Capitol. Pert. 4: decurio cubiculariorum, the head of the servants of the bedchamber , Suet. Dom. 17.

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