The corpus record — Latin

cenaculum

cenaculum · n

a dining-room

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Where it lives

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Divus Augustus 2 · 1.49/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
De Lege Agraria 1 · 0.73/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

cēnācŭlum — Lewis & Short

cēnācŭlum (caen- and coen-), i, n.cena, orig.,

I a dining-room, usu. in an upper story; hence, an upper story, an upper room, a garret, attic (later, the dwelling of the poorer class of people): ubi cubabant cubiculum, ubi cenabant cenaculum vocitabant. Posteaquam in superiore parte cenitare coeperunt, superioris domūs universa cenacula dicta, Varr. L. L. 5, § 162 Müll.: cenacula dicuntur, ad quae scalis ascenditur (the Gr. u(perw=(on), Paul. ex Fest. p. 54, 6 ib.; cf. Liv 39, 14; Cic. Agr 2, 35, 96; Vitr. 2, 8, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 64; Suet. Aug. 45; 78; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 91; Juv. 10, 18; Suet. Vit. 7; Dig. 7, 1, 13, § 8; 8, 2, 41 pr.; 9, 3, 5, § 9; Inscr. Orell. 4323 sq.—

II Transf, like u(perw=(on: maxima caeli, Enn. ap. Tert. adv. Val. 7 (Ann. v. 61 Vahl.); cf. in Plaut. humorously of the abode of Jupiter: in superiore qui habito cenaculo, Plaut Am. 3, 1, 3.

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