tullianum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Tullianus, Tulliana, Tullianum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
of/belonging to a Tullius; of/written by M Tullius Cicero or in his style;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →tullianum, tulliani:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
underground execution chamber in prison of Rome; (built by Servus Tullius?);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...hercule inargute' inquit 'nec incallide opposuisti hoc Tullianum; sed Cicero "intra oceanum" non, ut tu interpretare, "citra oceanum..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fugiendique haberet occasionem; patefacto dein scelere delegatum in Tullianum ex senatus consulto. De Scipione nusquam nisi in senatu..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...ceteris per praetores. Est in carcere locus, quod Tullianum appellatur, ubi paululum ascenderis ad laevam, circiter duodecim pedes..."
