monumentum (monim-) ī, n
1 MAN-,
that which brings to mind, a remembrancer, memorial, monument
: monumenti causā: monumento ut esset,
L.—
A monument, statue
: Marcelli et Africani.—
A public work, memorial structure, monument
: in monumentis maiorum suorum interfectus
(Clodius), i. e.
on the Via Appia
: regis, H.: Mari, i. e.
the temple built by Marius
: sena. tūs, i. e.
the house built for Cicero by the Senate. —A memorial offering, votive
offering
: pecunias monimentaque, quae ex fano Herculis conlata
erant, Cs.—
A sepulchral monument, sepulchre, tomb
: legionis Martiae militibus monumentum fieri: sepultus est
in monumento avunculi sui,
family sepulchre
, N.—
A tradition, chronicle, story, monument, record
: veterum monumenta virorum, V.:
Exegi monumentum aere perennius, H.:
monumenta rerum gestarum,
history
: commendare aliquid monumentis,
black and white.—A remembrancer, mark, token, means of
recognition
: cistellam ecfer cum monumentis,
T.—Fig.,
a memorial, record
: vitiorum suorum monumenta et indicia,
traces and proofs
: furtorum: amoris, V.
