ergastulum
ergastulum, a workhouse, house of correction, penitentiary
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ergastulo Noun: neuter dative singular, Noun: neuter ablative singular of ergastulum
- I Prop., Col. 1, 6, 3; 1, 8, 16; Cic. Clu. 7, 21; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 20; Liv. 2, 23; 7, 4; Suet. Aug. 32; id. Tib. 8 al.; Vulg. Exod. 6, 6 al.—
- II Transf., in plur., ergastula, ōrum, n. (like stabula, servitia, mancipia, etc.), the inmates of a workhouse, penitentiary convicts, * Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 2; Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 36; Flor. 4, 8, 1; Juv. 14, 24 al.—In the masc. sing.: ergastŭlus=ergastularius, a foreman in a workhouse, Lucil. ap. Non. 447, 7 sq.
~um, locus ubi damnati aut marmora secant aut aliquid operentur [sic ]; ~um, metallum
venerandum est hoc tempus [Paschale ] quod omnia ~a et ergasteria et operatoria ‥ claudere debemus et nulla venalia exponere
cum ‥ eum amatorem catholicae fidei ‥ necnon ~a confessorum crebro frequentantem comperissent
Dunstanus nocturnas fugiens tenebras ad suum remeat ~um. et ecce, dum ostium ecclesiae psallendo praeteriret ‥
putidos ~i squalores libenter laturus
pertulit in terris insons ergastula tetra
~a,nirwþa
testis adest custos, ergastula saeva serenis / inspiciens radiare focis in tempore noctis
episcopalis ~o carceris hunc reclusit
pecierunt ‥ ut clerici convicti ‥ non traderentur carceribus episcoporum sed regiis ~is
Johannem imprisonavit ac ibidem sub tam diris carceribus in ~o tam obscuro et tenebroso ‥ detinuit
quem Dominus de ~o hujus saeculi vocare dignatus est
quem pietas Salvatoris noluit diutius in ~o tenere
ex quo pontificis linquens ergastula carnis / spiritus alta petens scandit super astra polorum
quatenus ‥ Deus aut ad meliorem fructum me perducat aut de ~o hujus carnis animam meam ‥ educat
ut anima de carnis ~o letior exeat
to dye , ‥ de corporeo spiritus sese relaxavit †argatustulo, vel sic: anima resoluta est ab argastulo carnis
ut in caelis nequaquam ascendatis, sed infaustis Tartari ~is ‥ decidatis
altera [miseria est ] in ~o inferorum quam perditi post mortem patientur
anime defunctorum de purgatorii ~o ‥ liberantur
quosdam longo gravique ~o ‥ afflixit
ad mortem perpetuo inclusus ~o
- 1. strafkamp, tuchthuis (voor slaven en debiteurs); ➤ apud alqm in -o esse;
- 2. (postklass.) (meton.) gevangenen v.e. strafkamp.
Cum dicti justitiarii captum adduxissent eundem Johannem cum duobus pedibus in Ergastulo seu compede ponendo,... nonnulli carnales aut alii ipsius Johannis amici de nocte ad dictum carcerem clandestine accesserunt, murumque lapideum dicti carceris ad latus versus campos perforarunt, et ibidem intrantes dictum compedem seu Ergastulum, in quo dictus Johannes erat positus, cum quodam cutello ad modum sciræ facto scinderunt, et dictum prisionarium a dicto carcere extraxerunt.
- a workhouse, house of correction, penitentiary: homines ex ergastulis empti: ductus in ergastulum, L.—Plur, the inmates of a workhouse, penitentiary convicts: quibusdam solutis ergastulis, Cs.: inscripta, branded galleyslaves, Iu.
ERGA´STULUMwas a private prison attached to most Roman farms, called carcer rusticus by Juvenal (14.24), where the inferior class of slaves were kept during the night in chains. It appears to have been usually under ground, and according to Columella (Colum. 1.6, 3) ought to be lighted by narrow windows, which should be too high from the ground to be touched by the hand. The slaves confined in an ergastulum were usually employed to cultivate the fields in chains. (Plin. Nat.18.21; Flor. 3.20, 6.) Slaves who had displeased their masters were punished by imprisonment in the ergastulum; and in the same place all slaves who could not be depended upon or were barbarous in their habits were regularly kept. A trustworthy slave had the care of the ergastulum, and was therefore called ergastularius. (Colum. 1.8, 7; Ammian. 14.11.) According to Plutarch (Plut. TG 8), these prisons arose in consequence of the conquest of Italy by the Romans, and the great number of barbarous slaves who were employed to cultivate the conquered lands. In the time of Hadrian and Antoninus, many enactments were made to ameliorate the condition of slaves; and among other measures, Hadrian attempted to abolish the ergastula, but they were never entirely suppressed. They are mentioned by Apuleius, de Mag. c. xlvii., where fifteen is given as the minimum number of imprisoned slaves, which constituted an ergastulum. Sometimes the word is used for the body of slaves confined in such a barracoon. (Spart. Hadrian, 18, compared with Gaius, 1.53.) For further information on the subject, see Brissonius, Antiq. Select. 2.9; Lipsius, Elect. 2.15, Opera, vol. 1. p. 317, &c.; Mayor's notes on Juvenal, 8.180, 14.24.
[W.S] [A.S.W]A prison and place of correction attached to the farms and country-villas of the Romans, in which those of the slave familia who were kept in fetters (compediti, nexi, vincti) were lodged and made to work in irons; whereas the rest, who were not chained, were provided with separate accommodation (cellae, contubernia) in other parts of the establishment (Columell. i. 6. 3; cf. 8. 16; Apul. Apol.p. 482; Brut. in Cic. Fam. xi. 13).