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aedicula

aedicula · f

a small building intended for a dwelling

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Where it lives

Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 1 · 2.32/10k
Epidicus 1 · 1.54/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Phormio 1 · 0.92/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 1 · 0.66/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Ab urbe condita 2 · 0.04/10k

What it meant

aedĭcŭla — Lewis & Short

aedĭcŭla, ae, f.dim.aedes,

I a small building intended for a dwelling.

I For gods, a chapel, a small temple: cum aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicāsset, Cic. Dom. 53: Victoriae, Liv. 35, 9; 35, 41: aediculam in ea (domo) deo separavit, Vulg. Judic. 17, 5; also a niche or shrine for the image of a god: in aedicula erant Lares argentei positi, Petr Sat. 29 fin.: aediculam aeream fecit, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19; 36, 13, 19, § 87.—Hence on tombstones, the recess in which the urn was placed, Inscr. Fabrett. c. 1, 68.—

II For men, a small house or habitation (mostly in plur.; cf. aedes, II.), Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 58; Cic. Par. 6, 3; Vulg. 4 Reg. 23, 7.—Sing. in Plaut., a small room, a closet: in aediculam seorsum concludi volo, Epid. 3, 3, 19 sq.

Where it came from

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