aedicula

aedĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [aedes], a small building intended for a dwelling.

• I For gods, a chapel, a small temple: cum aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicāsset, Cic. Dom. 53: Victoriae, Liv. 35, 9; 35, 41: aediculam in ea (domo) deo separavit, Vulg. Judic. 17, 5; also a niche or shrine for the image of a god: in aedicula erant Lares argentei positi, Petr. Sat. 29 fin.: aediculam aeream fecit, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19; 36, 13, 19, § 87.—Hence on tombstones, the recess in which the urn was placed, Inscr. Fabrett. c. 1, 68.—
• II For men, a small house or habitation (mostly in plur.; cf. aedes, II.), Ter. Phorm. 663; Cic. Par. 6, 3; Vulg. 4 Reg. 23, 7.—Sing. in Plaut., a small room, a closet: in aediculam seorsum concludi volo, Epid. 3, 3, 19 (400) sq.

aedicula, ae, f. (Demin. v. aedes), ein kleiner Bau, I) Sing.: A) ein kleines Gemach, Zimmerchen, Plaut. Epid. 402: insulae (Miethauses) aediculae, Räumlichkeiten, Cic. Cael. 17. – B) ein kleines Gotteshaus, ein kleiner Tempel, eine kleine Kapelle, aed. Victoriae, Liv.: una aed., Min. Fel.: aed. aerea, Plin.: in ea (insula) esse aediculam etc., Plin. – Plur., XL aediculae, Plin.: aediculae incustoditae, Paul. dig. – meist nur als Nische od. Blende in den Wänden der Tempel u. Häuser od. an den vorspringenden Ecken von Eckgebäuden angebracht, Cic., Liv. u.a. – II) Plur. tantum, aediculae, ārum, f. eine kleine (ärmliche) Wohnung, ein Häuschen, Ter. Phorm. 663. Cic. parad. 6, 50: aedicularum custos, Petr. 90 extr.: aediculae plebeiorum parvae, Isid. 15, 2, 43: aediculae luto factae, Lact. 1, 20, 18. – ➳ Synk. Form aedicla, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 2042 u. 4184.

aedicula [CL], ~um , small house. b tomb. c chapel. d small religious house. ~a, lytel hof Ælf. Sup..  b venit ‥ ad almi patris Augustini ~am ‥ oraturus B. V. Dunst. 36.  c 1502 lego edificacioni ~i S. Johannis in parte boriali [ecclesie] (Test. R. Chapman, Bledlow) Rec. Eton.  d ~am que in honore B. Laurentii constructa est introiens W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 78; fraterculorum mendicantium ~am adjunxit Camd. Br. 285.

ædĭcŭla, (13) æ, f. (dim. de ædes ) : ¶ 1 [au sing.] chapelle, niche : Cic. Domo 136 ; Liv. 35, 41, 10 ; Petr. 29, 8 || petite chambre : Pl. Epid. 402 ¶ 2 [au pl.] petite maison : Cic. Cæl. 17 ; Par. 50.

aedicula , ae. f.
小廟。小堂。神龕 。小屋。廚房。

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aedicula ae, f

• dim.(aedes), a small temple, chapel, niche, C., L.—Plur, a small dwelling, T., C.

AEDICULA

AEDIC´ULAsignifies in the singular a room (Plaut. Epid. 402 ), but in the plural a small house (Ter. Phorm, 663). It is, however, more frequently used in the sense of a shrine, whether attached to a temple (Liv. 35.9, aediculam Victoriae virginis prope aedem Victoriae M. Porcius Cato dedicavit), or quite an independent building, of which there are many representations in works of art; or finally niches in the walls of temples or houses, containing images of gods and goddesses, like that here figured (Overbeck, Bildwerke, pl.

30, 1). (Liv. 35.41; Plin. Nat.33.19; Petron. 29; Apul. Met. p. 96: Eponae deae simulacrum residens aediculae.) The topographers of Rome speak of 423 aediculae in Rome, one for every vicus; these were probably partly chapels, partly niches, and were usually placed at the cross-ways. They contained the images of the tutelary deity of the vicus. On the other hand, the aediculae within the house contained images of the Lares and Penates. There were also portable shrines, often of precious materials, like those made at Ephesus (Act. Ap. 19.4).

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Aedicŭla

(1) In the singular, a single room.

(2) In the plural, a small house.

(3) Oftener a shrine, either attached or unattached to a temple.

(4) A niche in the walls of temples or houses containing images of gods or goddesses, like that in the accompanying illustration (Overbeck, Bildwerke, pl. xxx. 1).