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ergastularius

ergastularius · adj

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Where it lives

Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

ergastŭlārĭus — Lewis & Short

ergastŭlārĭus, a, um, adj.ergastulum,

I of or belonging to a workhouse or house of correction (late Lat.).

I Adj.: servus, Amm. 14, 11 fin.—Also: in tenebris ergastularibus, Sid. Ep. 7, 9.—

II Subst.: ergastularii, ōrum, m. (sc. servi), overseers of a penitentiary, Col. 1, 8, 17.

In the wild

ergastularius Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.11.33

Where it came from

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