cella

cella , ae, f.: a storeroom, granary, wine-cellar; cell of the honeycomb, 1.433; shrine, of a temple.

cella, ae, f. [cf. celo, oc-cul-o, clam, v. Varr. L. L. 5, 33, 45; Fest. p. 50], a storeroom, chamber.

• I In agricult. lang., a place for depositing grain or fruits, or for the abode of animals, a granary, stall, etc.: olearia, vinaria, penaria, etc., Cato R. R. 3, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2; Col. 1, 6, 9; 12, 18, 3; Cic. Sen. 16, 56; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; 2, 3, 87, § 200 sq. al.; cf. id. Pis. 27, 67; Verg. G. 2, 96; Hor. C. 1, 37, 6; id. S. 2, 8, 46; Vitr. 6, 9: columbarum, dovecotes, Col. 8, 8, 3: anserum, id. 8, 14, 9.— Also of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 164; id. A. 1, 433; Plin. 11, 11, 10, § 26.—Hence, dare, emere, imperare aliquid in cellam, to furnish, purchase, procure the things necessary for a house, for the kitchen, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 201 sq.; id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30. —Facetiously: cella promptuaria = carcer, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 4 (156); cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3 (155): reliqui in ventre cellae uni locum, Plaut. Curc. 3, 17 (387).-
• II Transf., of the small, simple dwelling apartments of men, a chamber, closet, cabinet, hut, cot, etc., Ter. Ad. 552; esp. of servants, Cato R. R. 14: ostiarii, the porter’s lodge, Vitr. 6, 10; Petr. 29, 1; 77, 4; and of slaves, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67; Hor. S. 1, 8, 8 al.—Of a poor man's garret, Mart. 7, 20, 21; 8, 14, 5: cella pauperis, a chamber for self-denial, etc., Sen. Ep. 18, 7; 100, 6; cf. Mart. 3, 48.—
• • B The part of a temple in which the image of a god stood, the chapel, Vitr. 3, 1; 4, 1; Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30; Liv. 5, 50, 6; 6, 29, 9 al.—
  • C An apartment in a bathing-house, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Veg. 2, 6, 3.—
  • D A room in a brothel, Petr. 8, 4; Juv. 6, 122; 6, 128: inscripta, Mart. 11, 45, 1.

cella, ae, f. (urspr. *cēla, vgl. celare, verwandt mit altind. çālā, griech. καλιά, Hütte), unser Zelle = ein Behältnis, I) im röm. Hause: A) im Wohnhause in der Stadt (domus): a) für Menschen, die Kammer, das Kabinett, Ter. adelph. 552. – insbes. von den um das cavaedium herumliegenden Wohnräumen der Dienerschaft, Sklaven, Cic. u.a.: cellae familiaricae, Gesindewohnungen, Vitr.: c. angustae, der niedern Sklaven (teilweise unter der Erde), Hor. – b) als Wirtschaftskammer für Vorräte aller Art, die Vorratskammer, mit u. ohne penaria, Cic. u.a.: dah. in cellam dare, imperare, emere, »für den Hausbedarf, für die Küche geben, fordern, kaufen«, Cic. – Scherzh., promptuaria cella = carcer, Plaut. Amph. 156: u. reliqui in ventre cellae uni locum, habe für ein Kämmerchen Platz gelassen (= für die noch zu essenden Speisen), Plaut. Curc. 387. – B) in der villa rustica: a) als Sklavenwohnung, Kammer, Scriptt. r. r.: grandis, Varr.: cella familiae, Cato. – b) als Wirtschaftskammer, penaria, Vorratskammer, bes. Kornkammer: olearia, Ölkammer (wo das Öl geklärt u. aufbewahrt wurde): torcularia, Kelterkammer: c. vinaria, Gärkammer für den Wein (aus der er dann in die apotheca [s. d.] gebracht wurde): c. defrutaria, Mostkammer; s. Cic. de sen. 56. Col. 1, 6, 9: übtr., cella penaria rei publicae, Kornkammer (v. Sizilien), Cato bei Cic. Verr. 2, 5: ebenso Capua cella atque horreum Campani agri, Cic. agr. 2, 89. – c) als Behälter, Stall für Geflügel usw., anserum, Gänsestall, Col.: columbarum, Taubenschlag, Col. – d) als Kabinett im Badehause, Pallad.: c. balnei calida, Warmbadekabinett, Veget. mul.: cellae piscinales, nach Art der piscinae (Bassins) zum Schwimmen eingerichtete, Pallad. – C) im Miethause (insula), das Stübchen, Kämmerchen eines Armen, meist im dritten Stock, das Dachstübchen, s. Mart. 7, 20, 21; 8, 14, 5. – dah. cella pauperis, ein »Armenstübchen«, d.i. ein Zimmer, das reiche Römer in ihren Palästen anlegten, um an bestimmten Tagen in ihm nach Art armer Leute zu leben (damit dann die Schwelgerei wieder den Reiz der Neuheit hatte), Sen. ep. 18, 7 u. 100, 6; dah. das Wortsp. b. Mart. 3, 48. – D) Gefängniszelle, Ps. Quint. decl. 9, 21. – II) im Tempel, der Teil, wo das Bild der Gottheit in einer Nische (aedicula) stand, die Kapelle, das Schiff, Vitr. u.a.: cella Concordiae, Cic.: Iovis, Liv. – III) im Bienenstocke, die Zelle, Verg. Aen. 1, 433. Plin. 11, 26: cellae cereae, Augustin. serm. 22, 7; in psalm. 118.

1 cella [CL] 1 cell (in honeycomb). ~as, †faborum [l. favorum] foramina GlC C 334; mella latent cellis, thalamisque recondita fragrant Neckam DS IX 245; apes argumentose fabricantes jugiter ~as mellis R. Bury Phil. 8. 136. 2 cell, compartment: a (in human brain); b (in animal’s head); c (of heart, fig.). a Aristoteles ‥ et alii ‥ sic discernunt ut phantasiam exerceri dicant in parte cerebri anteriore, rationem in medio, memoriam in occipitio; inde et tribus illis ~is nomina imposuerunt phantasticam, rationalem et memorialem Adel. QN 18; constare potuit pro certo ut in singulis ~is singule [anime actiones] exerceantur, quippe cum et ipse ~e quibusdam licet tenuibus intersticiis distincte sint Ib.; s1170 plaga, a cono capitis usque ad ~am memorialem descendens, partem illam occipitii patulam fecit Gerv. Cant. I 227; cellis distinctum caput est: phantastica prora; / in medio residet vis ratione potens; / vis memorans in puppe sedet Neckam DS IX 351; H. Avr. Hugh 92 (v. colare b); triplice cum cella confortant hec cerebella Garl. Mor. Scol. 592; cerebrum in anteriorem ~am et posteriorem itemque mediam veteres diviserunt anterioremque particulam vel ~am item in tres distinxerunt, quorum prima sensui communi ‥ est instrumentum Ps.-Gros. 494.  b bufonem jubet hec nobis servire; lapillus / quem nutrit capitis cella venena fugat Neckam DS VI 230.  c plus quam cordis cella tenere queat Gower VC VII 1006. 3 a store-room. b chamber, cubicle, cell (esp. mon); c (dist. acc. use). a ~is, apothecis GlC C 268; s1138 cum cellararius ‥ monasterii ~am vinariam, ut vinum ad altaris sacrificium ‥ daret, ‥ intrasset J. Worc. 46; hic deest tabula et compotus cellarii vinarii, quia ~as vinarias non habemus Ac. Beaulieu 25v; bibliothece jocunde super ~as aromatum redolentes [cf. Is. xxxix 2] R. Bury Phil. 8. 126.  b [plagas templi] inter quas modicae variantur in ordine cellae Æthelwulf Abb. 718; ~a, cete Ælf. Gl.; 9‥ ~a, cyte WW; 10‥ ~a, cot Ib.; a1130 dedisse ‥ maram, que est in Wilton, ‥ ad faciendum domos et ~as Reg. S. Osm. I 349; in ~as vel claustrum rumores ingredi non licet Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 14 p. 174; conduxerunt sibi domum ‥ et construxerunt sibi ~as in ea Eccleston Adv. Min. 12; Higd. VII 4 (v. cellista); c1370 hanc mallem cedere cellis [gl.: i. esse in ecclesiis et oratoriis suis] (J. Bridl.) Pol. Poems I 182, 184; 1371 fratres ordinis Cartusiensis ‥ oratorium ‥ cum paucis ~is olim habuerunt Mon. Hib. & Scot. 343a; 1549 abbates ‥ ~as suorum religiosorum perscrutentur, ut quidquid ibi hereticorum librorum ‥ repertum fuerit ‥ ad ordinarios deferatur Conc. Scot. II 117.  c in ~am languidorum deportatur Osb. Mir. Dunst. 19 p. 147; in ~a infirmorum ‥ decumbens Ailr. Ed. Conf. 789B; c1220 instructis his officiis, oratorio, ‥ ~a hospitum, portarii Cap. Arr. 273; 1384 in ~a feretrarii Ac. Durh. 425. 4 house of religion, monastery or nunnery. b cell, daughter house subordinate to house of religion. c (in gl.). sic rexit regnum plures feliciter annos, / donec conversus cellam migravit in almam Aldh. CE 3. 13; dulcia dum famulae cecinissent carmina Christo / / audet atrox sanctam ‥ / audacter cellam stolidis irrumpere plantis Id. VirgV 2235; circueundo per ~as magistrorum [Scottorum] lectioni operam dare gaudebant Bede HE III 27; in virginum Deo dedicatarum ‥ ~a Ib. IV 8; florent ad gaudia Christi / per cellam monachi Æthelwulf Abb. 609 (cf. ib. 654: sacer fratrum cuneus per moenia cellae / gaudet); rogatus ‥ a ‥ priore S. Domnini quatinus domum quam regebat visitare ‥ dignaretur ‥, ad ejus ~am divertit. ‥ disponebat vero ‥ invisere quoque Villam Benedictam, sic enim vocatur ~a in qua religionis sacre libavit primordia Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 14 p. 171; s1253 (v. cellula 4a).  b 1182 confirmasse ‥ monasterium S. Marie ‥ ut sit ~a ‥ abbatie de Bello Monte [Touraine] quoadusque locus ipse ‥ crescat ut abbatia fieri possit Act. Hen. II II 214; c1218 precipimus ne monachus solus moretur vel in prioratu vel in ~a Conc. Syn. 93; Cistercienses ‥ ~is per totum ordinem carent Gir. Spec. II 32 (cf. ib. III 16 p. 238: abbatias Deus, ~as autem et cellerarios diabolus dedit); 1227 rex ‥ concessit priorisse et monialibus quod habeant singulis annis unam feriam apud ~am suam in bosco de Ivingho Cl 178a; c1238 si ‥ accidat in vestro collegio aliquos monachos ‥ vitio pravos esse ‥, non debetis eos ‥ in alias regiones ad ~as vel possessiones vestras mittere ut ibidem commorentur Gros. Ep. 53; 1250 abbas et couventus Westmonasterii habent hanc libertatem quod nec ipsi nec priores ~arum suarum participare tenentur de communibus finibus Cl 348; s1290 vicesimam omnium spiritualium bonorum de omnibus abbatiis, prioratibus et ~is Oxnead Chr. 277; s1300 una cum custodibus ~arum de Jaru et Wermuth’ ac priore de Finchal’ G. Durh. 4; 1334 R. de W., monachus prioratus Dunolmensis, ‥ tempore guerre occupavit prioratum de Coldyngham in Scocia, qui est ~a dicti prioratus D., et se gessit pro priore dicte ~e RScot 265a; s1450 quomodo ecclesia de Wymundham subtracta erat ab obediencia abbatis [S. Albani] erectaque de ~a in abbathiam Reg. Whet. I 148; 1583 de et in domo et scitu nuper prioratus sive ~e de St. Ives nuper monasterio de Ramsey pertinentis Pat 1235 m. 27.  c nomina domorum ‥ hec scola, hoc studium, A. a scole, hec sella, A. a selle WW. 5 hovel. 748 illum [sic] erroneum minysterium non in aecclesia catholica, sed per agrestia loca, per ~as rusticorum, ‥ perpetrant (Lit. Papae) Ep. Bonif. 80.

2 cella v. 1 sella

cella, (9) æ, f. (celo) , ¶ 1 endroit où lʼon serre qqch., grenier, magasin : cella vinaria, olearia, penaria Cic. CM 56, cellier à vin, à huile, garde-manger ; emere frumentum in cellam Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 202, acheter du blé pour son approvisionnement personnel || [fig.] cella penaria rei publicæ nostræ (Sicilia) Cat. d. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, la Sicile est le grenier à blé de Rome ¶ 2 petite chambre, chambrette : concludere se in cellam aliquam Ter. Ad. 552, sʼenfermer dans quelque réduit ; cellæ servorum Cic. Phil. 2, 67, réduits des esclaves ; cella pauperis Sen. Ep. 18, 7 ; 100, 6, le réduit du pauvre [chambre misérable que les riches avaient dans leurs demeures luxueuses pour y faire une sorte de retraite par raffinement, cf. Sen. Helv. 12, 3 ], cf. Mart. 3, 48, 1 ¶ 3 salle de bains : Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 17, 11 ¶ 4 partie du temple où se trouvait la statue du dieu, sanctuaire : Jovis cella Liv. 5, 50, 6, le sanctuaire de Jupiter ¶ 5 logement des animaux : columbarum Col. Rust. 8, 8, 3, pigeonnier ¶ 6 alvéoles des ruches, cellules : Virg. G. 4, 164.

cella , ae. f.
庫房。廟中之小堂。便室。 娼窩。— Jovis 雷神小堂。— pomaria 果房。— vinaria 酒庫。— libraria 書房。— caldaria 温水之浴房。— olearia 油庫。— frigidaria 凉水之浴房。

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cella ae, f

• 2 CAL-, a place of concealment, store-room, cell, granary: penaria: Falernae, V.: avitae, H.—Hence, aliquid in cellam dare, to furnish household stores: cellae nomine, as household supplies.—A chamber, closet, cabinet, hut, cot: me in cellam concludam, T.: servorum in cellis lecti: angustis eiecta cadavera cellis, mean abodes, H.— Plur, the cells(of bees), V.— A sanctuary(of a temple), shrine(where the image stood): Concordiae.—An oil-press: Venafri, H.

CELLA

CELLA

1. In its primary sense, cella means a store-room ( Ubi quid conditum esse volebant, a celando cellam appellarunt, Varro, L. L. 5.162), of which the following were the principal descriptions:--Cella penaria or penuaria, where all kinds of provisions (penus) were stored, especially those of which a stock was laid in for a long time (Varro, l.c.; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; Verr. 2.2, 5; Suet. Aug. 6; Gell. 4.1; Dig. 32, 9, 3); cella promptuaria, promptuarium, or promum, the larder, where meat and other things required for immediate consumption were kept (Plaut. Amph. 1.1, 4; Cat. Agr. 11, 3; Tert. Resurr. 27, Ux. 2.4 (promum); Apul. Apol. p. 309); cella olearia, the magazine of an olive-yard in which the oil was stored, and which, according to the treatises on farming, ought to be lighted from the south, that the oil might not be chilled in winter, while the cella vinaria should have a northern aspect, to avoid excessive heat and great changes. of temperature (Cato, Agr. 13, where the equipment of the cella olearia is described; Varro, R. R. 1.13; Pallad. 1.20; Columella (Colum. 1.6, 12.50-Z2; Vitr. 1.4, 2, 6.6-Z2, 3). The cella vinaria described in the above-cited authors is the store-room of a vineyard, in which the new wine was kept in dolia or cupae, while older wine was put into amphorae and matured in the apotheca. The cella vinaria was partly under-ground (Becker-Göll, Gallus, iii. pp. 51, 422). The cella vinaria of a wine-merchant was discovered in 1789 under the walls of Rome. It was raised a little above the level of the ground, and divided into three compartments, the first ornamented with arabesques and a mosaic pavement, the second unpaved and containing a row of very large dolia two-thirds imbedded in sand, while the third was a narrow gallery, 6 ft. high and 18 ft. long, with various earthenware vessels, also partially sunk in the sand and ranged in double rows against each wall.

The slave to whom the charge of these stores was intrusted was called cellarius (Plaut. Capt. iv, 2, 115; Sen. Ep. 122; Orelli, Inscr. 5732, 6287), a rationibus cellae (Orelli, 2891), or promus (Colum. 12.3.9; Hor. Sat. 2.2, 16), and sometimes promus condus and procurator peni (Plaut. Pseud. 2.2, 14), who had under him a subpromus (Plaut. Mil. Glor. 3, 2, 24). This answers to our butler and housekeeper.

Under the empire all the provisions required for a Roman camp were preserved in a cellarium (Cod. Theod. 1, 10, 3; Marquardt, Röm. Alterth. 5. p. 225).

2. Any number of small rooms clustered together like the cells of a honeycomb (Verg. G. 4.164; Aen. 1.433), and the niches of a dovecote or poultry-house (Colum. 8.8, 3) were also termed cellae. Hence the name was applied to the dormitories of slaves and menials (Cic. Phil. 2.2. 7, 67; Hor. Sat. 1.8, 8; Becker-Göll, Gallus, 1. p. 276), to the bedrooms of an inn (Petr. Sat. 29; 77, 4), and to the vaults of a brothel (Petron. 8, 4; Juven. 6.128). The price of each female was inscribed: hence cella inscripta means a brothel (Mart. 11.45, 1). Cella was also used of a poor man's garret (Mart. 7.20, 21; 8.14-Z2, 5). Hence the phrase pauperum cellae denotes the small apartments of affected simplicity to which the rich Roman of the empire sometimes retired to take refuge from the ennui of luxury (Sen. Ep. 18, 7; 100, 6; Cons. ad Helv. 12: cf. Mart. 3.48; Becker-Göll, Gallus, 1. p. 115). Cell ostiarii(Vitr. 6.10; Petron. 29), or janitoris (Suet. Vitell. 16), is the porter's lodge.

3. In the baths the cella caldaria, tepidaria, and frigidaria, were those which contained respectively the warm, tepid, and cold bath. [BALNEAE]

4. The interior of a temple--that is, the part included within the outside shell, σηκός (see the lower woodcut in ANTAE)--was also called cella (Vitr. 3.1; Cic. Phil. 3.1. 2, 30). [TEMPLUM]

[J.H.F] [W.S]

Cella

(1) In its primary sense, cella means a store-room, of which the following were the principal descriptions: cella penaria or penuaria, where all kinds of provisions (penus) were stored, especially those of which a stock was laid in for a long time; cella promptuaria, promptuarium, or promum, the larder, where meat and other things required for immediate consumption were kept; cella olearia, the magazine of an olive-yard in which the oil was stored, and which, according to the treatises on farming, ought to be lighted from the south, that the oil might not be chilled in winter; while the cella vinaria should have a northern aspect, to avoid excessive heat and great changes of temperature. The cella vinaria described in the ancient authors is the store-room of a vineyard, in which the new wine was kept in dolia or cupae, while older wine was put into amphorae and matured in the apotheca. The cella vinaria was partly underground (Becker-Göll, Gallus, iii. 51, 422). The cella vinaria of a wine-merchant was discovered in 1789 under the walls of Rome. It was raised a little above the level of the ground, and divided into three compartments, the first ornamented with arabesques and a mosaic pavement, the second unpaved and containing a row of very large dolia two-thirds imbedded in sand, while the third was a narrow gallery, six feet high and eighteen feet long, with various earthenware vessels, also partially sunk in the sand and ranged in double rows against each wall. (See Dolium.) The slave to whom the charge of these stores was intrusted was called cellarius, a rationibus cellae, promus, promus condus, or procurator peni; under him was the subpromus.

(2) Any number of small rooms clustered together. Thus the word was applied to the dormitories of slaves (Hor. Sat. i. 8. 8), to the bedrooms of an inn, and to the vaults of a brothel (Petron. 8, 4). A brothel is also called cella inscripta, because the price of each inmate was inscribed on the door (Mart.xi. 45, 1). The porter's lodge or janitor's office is called cella ostiarii (Petron. 29) or cella ianitoris (Suet. Vitell. 16).

(3) In the baths the cella caldaria, tepidaria, and frigidaria are respectively those which contained the hot, tepid, and cold baths. See balneae.

(4) The interior of a temple was also called cella. See templum.

cella

The inner, main chamber of a temple. Greek term: Naos.

Description: This chamber containing the image of the god was the principal part of the temple. Generally the cella received its light through the open door alone, but sometimes there was also an opening in the roof or possibly windows on either side of the door.

• Adyton
• Pronaos
• Opisthodomos