Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Armarium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ARMA'RIUM. An armoire, cabinet, or cupboard, for keeping domestic utensils, clothes, money, curiosities, or any of the articles in daily use. It was a large piece of furniture, usually fixed against the walls of a room, divided by shelves into compartments, and closed in front by doors. (Cic. Cluent. 64. Plaut. Capt. iv. 4. 10. Pet. Sat. xxix. 8. Plin. H. N. xxix. 32.) The example (Armarium/1.1) here given represents one of these cup-boards exactly as described, which forms part of the furniture belonging to a shoemaker's room in a Pompeian painting. It is filled with lasts and boots.

2. A book-case in a library; also a sort of fixture, and sometimes let into the walls of a room. (Plin. Ep. ii. 17. 8.) These were divided into a number of separate compartments by shelves and upright divisions, and each division was distinguished by a number, as the first, second, and third case. Vitruv. vii. Praef. 7. Vopisc. Tac. 8.

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  Armarium/1.1