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Mausolus

Mausolus · m

a king of Caria, husband of Artemisia

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Where it lives

Noctes Atticae 6 · 0.54/10k
De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

Mausōlus — Lewis & Short

Mausōlus, i, m., = *mau/swlos,

I a king of Caria, husband of Artemisia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; Gell. 10, 18, 1 sqq.; Mel. 1, 16, 3. —Hence,

II Mausōlēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mausolus, Mausolean.

A Lit.: sepulcrum, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 59. or absol.: Mausōlēum (Mēsōlum, Inscr. Orell. 4370), i, n., = *mauswleion, the magnificent tomb erected for Mausolus by his wife Artemisia; it was one of the seven wonders of the world, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30; Mel. 1, 16, 3; Gell. 10, 18, 2; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 59. —

B Transf., in gen., a splendid sepulchre, mausoleum, Mart. 5, 64, 5; Suet. Aug. 100; 101; id. Calig. 15; id. Ner. 46: Caesarum, id. Vesp. 23; id. Vitell. 10.

In the wild

Mausoli Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.8.10
Mausoli Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.8.14
Mausoli Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 4.6e.1
Mausoli Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 3.75.p1
Mausoli Martial, Epigrammata 10.63.2
Mausoli Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.7.p4

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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