noun

lautŭmĭae

gen. lautŭmiārum · gender feminine

( and ), , , = λατομία

a stone-quarry

a stone-quarry.

In gen.: vel in lautumiis vel in pistrino mavelim Agere aetatem, quam, etc.,… •

In gen.: vel in lautumiis vel in pistrino mavelim Agere aetatem, quam, etc., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 5: latomiae lapidariae, id. Capt. 3, 5, 65.—

a prison cut out of the rock

In partic., a prison cut out of the rock.

At Syracuse: carcer Syracusis vocantur latomiae, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll.; v.… •

At Syracuse: carcer Syracusis vocantur latomiae, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll.; v. in the foll.: lautumias Syracusanas omnes audistis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68; 2, 5, 57, § 148.—

The state prison in Rome, on the north-eastern side of the capitol, usually called •

The state prison in Rome, on the north-eastern side of the capitol, usually called Tullianum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151: principes Aetolorum Romam deducti et in Lautumias conjecti sunt, Liv. 37, 3, 8; 26, 27, 3; 32, 26, 17; 39, 44, 7.

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