bisellium
bĭsellĭum, ii, n. [bis-sella],
- a richly ornamented seat of honor (so called because there was room for two persons upon it, although only one sat thereon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 128 Müll.). Such a bisellium has been found represented upon a Pompeian tomb with the inscription: C. CALVENTIO.... BISELLII. HONOR. DATVS. EST., Inscr. Orell. 4044; cf. ib. 4046; 4047; 4048.
bisellium, ī, n. (bis u. sella), ein zweisitziger, prächtig verzierter Ehrenstuhl (auf dem aber der Ehre halber nur eine Person saß), Varr. LL. 5, 128. Corp. inscr. Lat. 11, 3805 u. ö. Not. Bern. 14b. – Dav.: a) biselliārius, ī, m., der die Ehre eines bisellium genossen, Corp. inscr. Lat. 11, 1355 a, 17. – b) biselliātus, ūs, m., die Ehre eines bisellium, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 5348.
bĭsellĭum, ĭī, n. (bis, sella) , siège à deux places [donné par honneur à une pers.] : Varro L. 5, 128.
Subselliumexponitur. Notæ Tyronis pag. 164 :
Sellisternium, Bisellium, Subsellium.Eustathius ad Iliad.
Ἀυτὸν διεδρίῳ κατὰ τοὺς οἴκους τῶν λεγομένων σχολῶν εἰσεκόμιζον.Nuper reperta est in Italia vetus Inscriptio, qua innuitur Q. Largennium Reip. Pisanæ certam pecuniæ summam contulisse
ob honorem Bisellii. Similem aliam, quæ Suessæ exstat, descripsit Ughellus tom. 6. Ital. sacr. pag. 670. ubi
honor Biselliiquibusdam videtur idem esse qui olim
sellæ curulisapud Romanos. Alii existimant
honorem Biselliireferri debere ad facultatem sedendi in theatris et spectaculis in ampliori sella. Nam, ut est in leg. un. Cod. Theod. de Usu sellarum, exceptis aliquot vilioribus personis,
usus sellarum, et sedendi ac conveniendi in publicum facultas, omnibus data erat. Quarum quidem sellarum in theatris meminerunt Martialis lib. 5. Epigram. 14. Tertullian. de Spectac. et alii. Inde vero qui hoc honore donabantur,
Biselliariidicti videntur in veteri Inscript. apud Gruter. pag. 1099. 2 : CN. PLÆTORIO VI. VIRO. AUGUSTALI. BISSELLIARIO. HONORATO. ORNA-MENTIS. DECURIONAL. Exstat alia pag. 1003. 6. ubi alterius
Biselliariiæque mentio occurrit.
BiselliiBonon. edit. ann. 1666.
Biselliatus; de his vide Furnalett. in Forcell. Lexic.
BISELLIUM
BISE´LLIUM[SELLA]
Bisellium
See sella.