Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Capsarius

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

CAPSA'RIUS. A slave who carried his young master's capsa, or box of books to and from school. Suet. Nero, 36. Juv. Sat. x. 117.

2. A slave attached to the service of the public baths, whose duty it was to take charge of the wearing apparel left by the bathers in the undressing room, to prevent their being stolen; a species of theft frequently occurring at Rome. Paul. Dig. i. 15. 3. Compare Ovid, Art. Amat. iii. 639. Plaud. Rud. ii. 3. 51.