I.that which preserves the remembrance of any thing, a memorial, a monument; esp. of buildings, statues, galleries, tombs erected to perpetuate the remembrance of a person or thing; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 139 Müll.
I. Lit. (class.): “statuam dare auream Solidam faciundam, quae siet factis monumentum suis,” Plaut. Curc. 3, 72: “monimenti causā,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146: “monumento ut esset,” Liv. 8, 11, 16: “vitiorum,” Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12: “Marcelli et Africani,” id. ib. 2, 1, 4, § “11: in Mamertino solo foederato atque pacato monumentum istius, crudelitatis constitutum est,” id. ib. 2, 4, 11, § 26: ego, quae monumenti ratio sit, nomine ipso admoneor, ad memoriam magis spectare debet posteritatis, quam ad praesentis temporis gratiam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 32, 18: “placet mihi, legionis Martiae militibus monumentum fieri quam amplissimum,” id. Phil. 14, 12, 41; plur. excellent: “quod in monumentis majorum suorum sit interfectus (Clodius),” i. e. on the Via Appia, Cic. Mil. 7, 17; Tac. A. 4, 7: “pecunias monumentaque, quae ex fano Herculis collata erant,” memorials, votive offerings, images, Caes. B. C. 2, 21: “monimenta, quae in sepulcris: et ideo secundum viam, quo praetereuntes admoneant, et se fuisse, et illos esse mortales,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 45 Müll.: “regis,” Hor. C. 1, 2, 15: “Marii,” the temple built by him, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; “of the temple of Castor,” Cic. Verr. 1, 50, 13: “senatūs,” the house of Cicero, built by order of the Senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—
B. In partic.
1. A sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb (syn.: sepulcrum, tumulus; class.): marmoreum, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12: “sepulcri,” Nep. Dion. 10; “and without sepulcri: sepultus est in monumento avunculi sui,” family tomb, sepulchre, Nep. Att. 22, 4.—
2. Of written works, monuments, or records: “exegi monumentum aere perennius,” Hor. C. 3, 30, 1: monumenta rerum gestarum, books of history, chronicles, Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 201: “annalium,” the monuments of history, id. Rab. Post. 16, 43: “commendare aliquid monumentis,” memoirs, id. Fam. 5, 12, 1: “liber monumenti,” Vulg. Mal. 3, 16.—
C. Transf., a remembrancer, a mark, token, or means of recognition, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 16: “vos monimentis commonefaciam bubulis,” Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 6.—
II. Trop.: “at illa laus est, magno in genere ... liberos hominem educare, generi monumentum et sibi,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 110: “monumentum laudis,” a memorial, Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26: “clementiae,” id. Deiot. 14, 40: “furtorum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177: “amoris,” Verg. A. 5, 538.
