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cŭbĭcŭlum (cŭbīclum , per sync., Mart. 10, 30, 17 dub.), i, n. cubo,
I.an apartment for reclining or (more freq.) for sleeping (cf. cubo), a resting- or sleepingchamber, a bedchamber.
I. Prop., Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 7; Serv. Galba ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 263; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56; Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 25; Tac. A. 14, 44; Suet. Caes. 49: “Lares cubiculi,” Suet. Dom. 17; id. Aug. 7 Roth ex conj. Lips.; v. cubicularius init.—
II. Transf.
A. The elevated seat of the emperor in the theatre, Suet. Ner. 12; Plin. Pan. 51, 4.—*
B. In arch., a joint, groove of a stone, its bed, Vitr. 2, 8; cf. cubile, I. B.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.56
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    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.65
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.3.1
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