I.a closet, chest, or safe, for food, clothing, money, etc.: “armarium promptuarium,” Cato, R. R. 11, 3: “reclusit armarium,” Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 10; id. Men. 3, 3, 8; id. Ep. 2, 3, 3: “cum esset in aedibus armarium, in quo sciret esse nummorum aliquantum et auri,” Cic. Clu. 64; so id. Cael. 21, 52; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12: “repositus in arcis armariisque,” Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 101; Dig. 33, 10, 3: “armarium muricibus praefixum,” the box, set with sharp spikes, in which Regulus was put to death, Gell. 6, 4 fin.
armārĭum , ii, n. arma,
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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