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ergastulum

ergastulum · n

a workhouse

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Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 5 · 1.9/10k
Peristephanon Liber 3 · 1.71/10k
Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Divus Augustus 2 · 1.49/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 3 · 1.4/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ergastŭlum — Lewis & Short

ergastŭlum, i, n.e)rga/zomai,

I a workhouse for offenders (slaves, debtors, etc.), a house of correction, penitentiary.

I Prop., Col. 1, 6, 3; 1, 8, 16; Cic. Clu. 7, 21; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 20; Liv. 2, 23; 7, 4; Suet. Aug. 32; id. Tib. 8 al.; Vulg. Exod. 6, 6 al.—

II Transf., in plur., ergastula, ōrum, n. (like stabula, servitia, mancipia, etc.), the inmates of a workhouse, penitentiary convicts, * Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 2; Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 36; Flor. 4, 8, 1; Juv. 14, 24 al.—In the masc. sing.: ergastŭlus=ergastularius, a foreman in a workhouse, Lucil. ap. Non. 447, 7 sq.

2. ergastulum — Walde–Hofmann

ergastulum, -i n. „Arbeits-, Zuchthaus für Sklaven" (seit Pompon. bzw. Cic.; davon ergastulärius , Werkmeister" seit Colum., -Aris seit Sidon.): wohl aus gr. &pyaorhpıov ds, im Ausgang nach vin- Ergenna — erneum. 415 — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ergastulum, p. 446]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ergastulum (scan p. 225; entry #3483).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ergastulum (scan pp. 446-447; entry #1022).

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