habitaculum

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

hăbĭtācŭlum, i, n. [habito], a dwellingplace, habitation (post-class.).

I Lit.: leonis, Gell. 5, 14, 21: avium, Pall. 1, 23.—

II Transf., of the body, as the dwellingplace of the soul, Prud. Cath. 10, 39.