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bustuarius

bustuarius, of a place for burning the dead

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bustuarium Adjective: masculine genitive plural, Adjective: neuter genitive plural, Adjective: masculine accusative singular, Adjective: neuter accusative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative singular of bustuarius

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bustŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [bustum],
  • of or pertaining to the place where dead bodies were burned: gladiator, that fought at a funeral pile in honor of the dead, Cic. Pis. 9, 19; Tert. Spect. 11; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 519 (Cicero so calls Clodius, in the passage cited, on account of a tumult which he caused at the funeral ceremonies that Cicero's brother made in honor of Marius): moecha, she who prostitutes herself among tombs, Mart. 3, 93, 15: altare, upon which men were offered, Tert. Pall. 4: latro = bustirapus, Amm.28, 1, 12.

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