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lustrum , i, n. 1. luo, lavo; cf.: monstrum, moneo,
I.a slough, bog, morass, puddle.
I. Lit.: “prodigunt in lutosos limites ac lustra, ut volutentur in luto,Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8.—
II. Transf.
A. A haunt or den of wild beasts: “lustra ferarum,Verg. G. 2, 471; id. A. 3, 647: “lustra horrida monstris,Val. Fl. 4, 370.—
2. A wood, forest: “postquam altos ventum in montes atque invia lustra,Verg. A. 4, 151: “inter horrentia lustra,id. ib. 11, 570.—
B. A house of ill-repute: ubi in lustra jacuisti? St. Egone in lustra? Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 26: “quod dem scortis, quodque in lustris comedim,id. Bacch. 4, 4, 91; id. Curc. 4, 2, 22: in lustris latet, Turp. ap. Non. 333, 15: “in lustris, popinis, alea, vino tempus aetatis omne consumpsisses,Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24: “homo emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum,id. Sest. 9, 20.—
2. Debauchery; cf.: lustra significant lacunas lutosas, quae sunt in silvis aprorum cubilia. A quā similitudine, hi, qui in locis abditis et sorditis ventri et gulae operam dant, dicuntur in lustris vitam agere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120: “domus, in qua lustra, libidines, luxuries, omnia denique inaudita vitia, versentur,Cic. Cael. 23, 57: “studere lustris,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 17: “lustris perire,Lucr. 4, 1136: “vino lustrisque confectus,Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 6: “qui pugnent, marcere Campana luxuria, vino et scortis omnibusque lustris per totam hiemem confectos,Liv. 23, 45, 3.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Philippics, 13.11.24
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.3.6
    • Cicero, For Marcus Caelius, 23.57
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 9.20
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.647
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.151
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.471
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 5.2
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.3
    • Plautus, Curculio, 4.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1136
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 45
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.370
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