Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Crates

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

CRA'TES (ταρσός). Our crate; a stand, frame, or basket, made with hurdles, or like a hurdle; also a hurdle itself; all of which were employed by the ancients in many different ways, as the same objects still are amongst ourselves. Varro, Cato, Columell. Virg. Hor. Caes. &c.

2. Same as CARNARIUM. Juven. xi. 82.

3. Sub crate necari. To be executed under the hurdle; an unusual method of punishment, sometimes adopted by the Romans (Liv. i. 51. Id. iv. 50.), in which the condemned was laid under a hurdle, and crushed by a weight of stones thrown upon it. Plaut. Poen. v. 2. 65.