Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Carnarium

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

CARNA'RIUM. A frame suspended from the ceiling, and furnished with hooks and nails, for the purpose of hanging up cured provisions dried fruits, herbs, &c., similar to those still used in our kitchens. (Plaut. Capt. iv. 4. 6. Pet. Sat. 135. 4. Id. 136. 1. Plin. H. N. xviii. 60.) The illustration (Carnarium/1.1) is from a painting at Pompeii, in which it is suspended from the ceiling of a tavern, and shows sausages, vegetables, and such things hanging by strings or in nets.

2. In a more general sense, a safe or larder for the preservation of fresh viands. Plaut. Curc. ii. 3. 45. Plin. H. N. xix. 19. n. 3.

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  Carnarium/1.1