bustum

būstum, ī, n.: the mound where the dead have been burned; funeral pile, 11.201; tomb, 12.863. (cf. combūrō)

bustum, i, n. [buro = uro, whence also comburo; cf. burrus, red], orig.

• the place where the bodies of the dead were burned and buried; later also, in gen., for a tomb: bustum proprie dicitur locus, in quo mortuus est combustus et sepultus... ubi vero combustus quis tantummodo, alibi vero est sepultus, is locus ab urendo ustrina vocatur; sed modo busta sepulchra appellamus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22; 11, 201; Inscr. Murat. 1514, 3.
• I The place of burning and burying; the funeral-pyre after the burning of the body: semiustaque servant Busta neque avelli possunt, Verg. A. 11, 201 Don. ad loc.; Lucr. 3, 906; Stat. S. 5, 1, 226; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64.—
• II Transf.
• • A In gen., a mound, tomb (most freq. in the poets): in busto Achilli, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14 (938): si quis bustum (nam id puto appellari τύμβον) violarit, Solon ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64; Cic. Phil. 14, 13, 34; id. Tusc. 5, 35, 101; id. Att. 7, 9, 1; Cat. 64, 363; Verg. A. 11, 850; 12, 863; * Hor. C. 3, 3, 40; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 29; 1, 19, 21; 2 (3), 13, 33; Ov. M. 4, 88; 13, 452 al.; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Ner. 33, 38; Luc. 8, 748 —
  • • 2 Trop., of things that, like a tomb, give up a body to destruction; so of the maw of an animal that eats men: viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto, seeing the living body enclosed in the living grave, Lucr. 5, 991.—So of Tereus, who devoured his son: flet modo, seque vocat bustum miserabile nati, Ov. M. 6, 665.—Sarcastically, of one who annulled the laws: bustum legum omnium ac religionum, Cic. Pis. 5, 11; and: bustum rei publicae, id. ib. 4, 9.—Of a battle-field: civilia busta Philippi, Prop. 2, 1, 27 Kuin.—
  • B Ad Busta Gallica, a place in Rome, so called from the Gauls who were burned and buried there, Varr. L. L. 5, § 157 Müll.; Liv. 5, 48, 3; 22, 14, 11.—
  • C Of a destroyed city, the site, ruins, Plin. 5, 17, 15, § 73.—
  • D The burned body itself, the ashes, Stat. Th. 12, 247.

bustum, ī, n. (von *buro, altlat. = uro) = τύμβος (Gloss.), die Leichenbrandstätte, I) im engern Sinne, die Stätte, wo der Leichnam verbrannt worden ist, das Brandlager, Lucr. 3, 904. Stat. silv. 5, 1, 226. – dah. a) meton., der verbrannte Leichnam, Stat. Theb. 12, 248. – übtr., von einer zerstörten Stadt, eine leere Brandstätte, Plin. 5, 73: von der Brandstätte des Altars, duobus digitulis tura in bustum arae iacere, Hier. ep. 14, 5. – II) im weitern Sinne, der über die Leichenasche aufgeworfene Grabhügel, die Grabstätte, das Grabmal, das Grab, excelso coacervatum aggere bustum, Catull.: ingens ex terreno aggere, Verg.: poena est, si quis bustum (nam id puto appellari τύμβον) aut monumentum violarit, Cic.: qui (Sardanapalus) incidi iussit in busto: Haec habeo, quae edi etc., Cic.: bustum in foro facere, Cic.: mactari in busto alcis, Cic.: busto alcis insultare, Hor.: Plur., bustis exisse feruntur, Ov. – poet., vom Magen eines menschenfressenden Tieres, viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto, sah den lebendigen Leib im lebendigen Grabe verschließen, Lucr. 5, 991: und vom Schlachtfelde, quoties civilia busta Philippos canerem, Prop. 2, 1, 27. – Ad Busta Gallica, eine Gegend in Rom, wo Kamillus die gefallenen Gallier hatte verbrennen u. beerdigen lassen, Varr. LL. 5, 157; vgl. Liv. 5, 48, 3; 22, 14, 11. – übtr., ein Grab = die Stätte, wo-, od. die Person, durch die etw. vernichtet wird, cui templum illud (Castoris) fuit arx civium perditorum, castellum forensis latrocinii, bustum legum omnium ac religionum, Cic.: tu, bustum rei publicae, Cic.: b. nati, v. Tereus, der seinen Sohn gegessen hatte, Ov.

bustum [CL] , a funeral pyre. b funeral mound, barrow, grave. c (?) corpse. a omnia de nigris resurgent corpora bustis Aldh. VirgV 278; 747 super ~um illius [virginis] incensae et concrematae corruptorem ejus suspendunt Bonif. Ep. 73 p. 150; rogus, ~um, forbærned[aad] Ælf. Gl..  b mausoleum vel ~um, kyninga byrgen Ælf. Sup.; 931 ~is sponte dehiscentibus CS 677; alterius [sc. Arturis nepotis] ~um ‥ repertum est super oram maris, xiiij pedes longum W. Malm. GR III 287; cujus busta videns ‥ / flevit et inciso marmore scripsit ita Nig. SS 1099; celum sibi bustum / eligit Neckam DS II 381; a grave, †bustulum; versus: ‘est mausoleum, poliandrum, tumba, sepulcrum, / sarcofagus, bustum, tumulus’, ‥ ~um ubi cadavera sunt combusta CathA.  c quo sancta jacent sua busta sepulchro Wulf. Swith. prol. 377; didicit cujusdam homunculi ‥ ibidem [sc. in tumulo] ~a contineri Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 2 p. 79 (cf. ib. IV 2 p. 8, ib. V 11 p. 138); c1381 versus metropolim Cantuaria que vocitatur / bustum portatur Pol. Poems I 228.

bustum, (10) ī, n. (buro, comburo), lieu où lʼon brûle et où lʼon ensevelit un mort : Serv. En. 3, 22 ; P. Fest. 32 || bûcher : Cic. Leg. 2, 64 ; Virg. En. 11, 201 || tombeau, sépulture : Cic. Att. 7, 9, 1 || monument funèbre : Cic. Tusc. 5, 101 || [fig.] bustum reipublicæ Cic. Pis. 9, tombeau de lʼÉtat || cadavre consumé, cendres : egena sepulcri busta Stat. Th. 12, 247, cadavres sans sépulture.

bustum , i. n.
燒屍之所。墓。— inane 空墳。

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būstum ī, n

• a place of burning and burying, funeral - pyre: semiusta Busta, V. — A mound, tomb: bustum evertere: Catilinae ingens terreno ex aggere, V.; a place in Rome was named busta Gallica, the tomb of the Gauls, L.: civilia busta (of Philippi), Pr.—Plur., of a single tomb: Nini, O. —Fig., of Tereus: se vocat bustum miserabile nati, O.: bustum legum, i. e. one who annulled the laws.

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Bustum

A funeral pyre. See funus.