konsonat. Dekl. (3. Dekl.)
carcer carceris m
Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:
carcer, eris, maskulin (sikulisch κάρκαρον), die Umfriedigung, die Umzäunung
I)das Gefängnis, der Kerker, Gewahrsam
A)eigentlich
nervus, carcer, moletrinaCato fr.
ostium carcerisCic.
ianitor carcerisCic.
custos carcerisManil. und carcerum custodesFirm. math.
ratio carcerisCic.
plenus carcer damnatisSen. rhet.
vadere in carceremCic.
in carcerem ducere, condere, conicere, contrudereCic.
in carcerem includereCic., carcere includereLiv.
in carcere includiCic.
in carcere includi inter fures nocturnosLiv.
vinculis et carcere fatigare aliquemCic.
emitti e carcereCic.
carcerem aperireLact.
carcerem refringereLiv.
carcerem effringereTac.
sunt ita multi, ut eos carcer capere non possitCic.
vom Körper (als dem Gefängnis der SeeleMacr. somn. Scip. 1, 10, 9 sqq.)
qui e corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaveruntCic.
illa vincula carceris rumpereCic.
in corpora ire iussisse (animas), quorum indutae carceribus etc.Arnob. 2, 45
haec (mors) e carcere educitSen. ad Marc. 20, 2
B)metonymisch
1)die eingekerkerten Verbrecher
in me carcerem effudistisCic. Pis. 16
2)als Schimpfwort, etwa = SchurkeTer. Phorm. 373
carcer vix carcere dignusLucil. sat. 28, 62 (cf. inc. 141)
II)die Schranken der Rennbahn, gewöhnlich (in Prosa immer) im Plural
carcere oder carceribus effundi oder se effundereVerg.
e carceribus exireVarr. LL.Cic.
e carceribus emitti cum aliquoCic.
carceribus missi currusHor.
exspectant vel uti consul cum mittere signum volt omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, quam mox emittat pictis e faucibus currusEnn. ann. 87 sqq.
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nemini fortuna currum e carcere intimo missum labi inoffensum per aecor (= aequor) candidum ad calcem sivitVarr. sat. Men. 288
ad carceres a calce revocari, das Leben von neuem beginnenCic. de sen. 83Cic. de amic. 101Varr. r. r. 1, 3 und 2, 7, 1
Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:
carcer, eris, masculine a prison, jail
in carcerem duciCic.
carcerem refringereLiv.
effundereCic.
privatusLiv.
vindex scelerumCic.
vincla carceris rumpere, i.e. of the bodyCic.
Poet., of the cave of AeolusVerg.Ov.
Especially, the Roman state-prison
inferior carcerLiv.; cf. Tullianum
By metonymy, as a term of reproach, jail-bird, scape-gallowsTer.
The barrier, starting-place in the race-course
effusi carcere currūsVerg.
cum carcere uterque EmicatOv.
Usu. plural
cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigaeVerg.
carceribus missi currūsHor.
Figuratively
ad carceres a calce revocari, i.e. to begin life anewCic.
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