quarry
quarry
subs.
Prey, booty: P. and V. ἄγρα, ἡ (Plat. but rare P.), ἄγρευμα, τό (Xen.), θήρα, ἡ (Xen.), V. θήρᾱμα, τό.
Stone quarry: P. ἐργαστήριον, τό, λιθοτομίαι, αἱ.
subs.
Prey, booty: P. and V. ἄγρα, ἡ (Plat. but rare P.), ἄγρευμα, τό (Xen.), θήρα, ἡ (Xen.), V. θήρᾱμα, τό.
Stone quarry: P. ἐργαστήριον, τό, λιθοτομίαι, αἱ.
quarry
v. trans.
P. and V. τέμνειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. τέμνειν.
QUARRY
A stone mine lapicidinae (☞ not lapidicinae: ☞ lautumia or latomia Plaut.; but afterward only as the name of the famous Syracusan prison or of other similar prisons; Varr. L.L. 5 32 42; Liv. 37 3 etc.): overseer or inspector of a quarry lapicidinarius (Inscript. Orell. 3246): quarry stone caementum; saxum caementicium (unhewn; opposed to quadratum).
Prey Vid: QUARRYMAN lapicida (Liv. Varr.); lapidum exemtor (Plin.): ☞ not lapidarius in this sense which is late.
A stone mine lapicidinae (☞ not lapidicinae: ☞ lautumia or latomia Plaut.; but afterward only as the name of the famous Syracusan prison or of other similar prisons; Varr. L.L. 5 32 42; Liv. 37 3 etc.): overseer or inspector of a quarry lapicidinarius (Inscript. Orell. 3246): quarry stone caementum; saxum caementicium (unhewn; opposed to quadratum).
Prey Vid: QUARRYMAN lapicida (Liv. Varr.); lapidum exemtor (Plin.): ☞ not lapidarius in this sense which is late.
quarry (subs.):
I. A thing of a square form, as a pane of glass, an arrow-head: v.QUARREL .
II. A place where stones are hewn out of the rock: 1. gen. term, lăpĭcīdīnae, ārum, f. in pl. only (contr. fr. lăpĭdĭcid. Fest. s. v.: also, lapicaed., Inscr. Orell. no. 1243): all stones of marble are not produced in q., non omnia (marmorum genera) in lapicidinis gignuntur. Plin. 36, 7, 11: cf. in Chiorum lapicidinis, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23.
2. lautŭmĭae, ārum, f. (also lātŏmĭae and lātŭmĭae: fr. λατόμῖαι, the stone-q.s at Syracuse, used as a prison, Cic. Verr. 5, 27: and the name transferred to a prison at Rome, Liv. 37, 3): used as a common n. only by Plautus, Poen. 4, 2, 5. vel in Lautumiis vel in pistrino mavelim agere aetatem quam (I'd rather pass my life at the q.s or the mill at Portland or Pentonville): with specif. adj., latomiae lapidariae, id. Capt. 3, 5, 65. Phr.: a quarry-or quarried-stone, caementum, n., (stone rough from the q., opp. to hewn stones, quadrata saxa), cf. Vitr. 2, 7, lapicidinae, de quibus quadrata saxa, et caementorum ad aedificia eximuntur copiae: cf. Cic. Mil. 27, 74: a rough q.-stone, caementitium saxum, id. 2. 8 walls built of q.-stones, caementitiae parietes, id. ib.: cf. c. structurae, id. 2, 7: an inspector of stone-q.s, lăpĭcīdīnārius, m., Inscr. Orell. no. 3246.
III. Game flown at by a hawk, accipitris praeda: and, more gen., praeda: v.PREY .
I. A thing of a square form, as a pane of glass, an arrow-head: v.
II. A place where stones are hewn out of the rock: 1. gen. term, lăpĭcīdīnae, ārum, f. in pl. only (contr. fr. lăpĭdĭcid. Fest. s. v.: also, lapicaed., Inscr. Orell. no. 1243): all stones of marble are not produced in q., non omnia (marmorum genera) in lapicidinis gignuntur. Plin. 36, 7, 11: cf. in Chiorum lapicidinis, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23.
2. lautŭmĭae, ārum, f. (also lātŏmĭae and lātŭmĭae: fr. λατόμῖαι, the stone-q.s at Syracuse, used as a prison, Cic. Verr. 5, 27: and the name transferred to a prison at Rome, Liv. 37, 3): used as a common n. only by Plautus, Poen. 4, 2, 5. vel in Lautumiis vel in pistrino mavelim agere aetatem quam (I'd rather pass my life at the q.s or the mill at Portland or Pentonville): with specif. adj., latomiae lapidariae, id. Capt. 3, 5, 65. Phr.: a quarry-
III. Game flown at by a hawk, accipitris praeda: and, more gen., praeda: v.
quarry (v.):
I. To q. stones: caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3: cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, 147, lapis aliquis caedendus et apportandus fuit machina sua: also comps. (1). excīdo, 3 (to hew out from the rock): cf. Cic. Off. 2, 3, extr., lapides e terra ex.: Virg. Aen. 1. 428, columnas rupibus ex. (2). rĕcīdo, 3: Hor. Od. 2, 18, 4.
II To q. upon (game): in praedam invĕhi or invŏlāre: v.TO FLY UPON .
I. To q. stones: caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3: cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, 147, lapis aliquis caedendus et apportandus fuit machina sua: also comps. (1). excīdo, 3 (to hew out from the rock): cf. Cic. Off. 2, 3, extr., lapides e terra ex.: Virg. Aen. 1. 428, columnas rupibus ex. (2). rĕcīdo, 3: Hor. Od. 2, 18, 4.
II To q. upon (game): in praedam invĕhi or invŏlāre: v.
quarry
Quarries
- at Croceae in Laconia: Paus. 3.21.4
- quarries of white marble on Mount Pentelicus: Paus. 1.19.6, Paus. 1.32.1
- quarries at Syracuse: Paus. 5.8.8