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
- A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...hercule inargute' inquit 'nec incallide opposuisti hoc Tullianum; sed Cicero "intra oceanum" non, ut tu interpretare, "citra oceanum..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fugiendique haberet occasionem; patefacto dein scelere delegatum in Tullianum ex senatus consulto. De Scipione nusquam nisi in senatu..." - G
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...ceteris per praetores. Est in carcere locus, quod Tullianum appellatur, ubi paululum ascenderis ad laevam, circiter duodecim pedes..."
