horreum

horrĕum, i, n. [cf.: farreum, farina],

• a storehouse; esp. for preserving grain, a barn, granary, magazine (syn.: sirus, granarium, cumera): illi Capuam cellam atque horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89: si proprio condidit horreo, Quicquid de Libycis verritur areis, Hor. C. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 20; Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4: illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes, Verg. G. 1, 49; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 84: si, quicquid arat impiger Appulus, Occultare meis dicerer horreis, Hor. C. 3, 16, 27.—For other things: parcis deripere horreo amphoram? Hor. C. 3, 28, 7; Dig. 18, 1, 76: argentum, quod in domo, vel intra horreum usibus ejus fuit, ib. 34, 2, 33; 10, 4, 5; Col. 12, 52, 3.—In fig.: nunc argumentum vobis demensum dabo, non modio neque tri modio, verum ipso horreo, Plaut. Men. 15.—Poet., of a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 250; of ant-burrows, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 39.

horreum, eī, n. (wohl zu haurio), jede Vorratskammer, jedes Lager, a) des Getreides und anderer Vorräte, die Scheune, das Magazin, der Speicher (vollst. horreum frumentarium, Scaevol. dig. 41, 1, 60: penuarium, Ulp. dig. 33, 9, 3. § 11), clavis horrei, Cic.: horrea privata, Cic.: horrea publica, Lampr.: horrea frugum plena, Ambros.: pensile horreum (für Oliven), Col.: horrea ponere, anlegen, Liv., constituere, errichten, anlegen, Caes.: apertis horreis pretia frugum levare, Tac.: alia virtutis suae horrea (se) reperisse existimantes, indem sie das Auffinden dieser neuen Kornspeicher als das Werk ihrer Tapferkeit betrachteten, Amm. – v. der Vorratskammer der Mäuse, Verg. georg. 1, 182: der Bienen, Verg. georg. 4, 250: der Ameisen, Ov. trist. 5, 6, 39. – b) des Weines, das Lager (vollst. horreum vinarium, Scaevol. dig. 33, 7, 7), Hor. carm. 3, 28, 7. Sen. ep. 114, 26. Paul. dig. 18, 1, 76. – c) anderer Gegenstände, zB. der Waren, das Magazin, Warenlager, Lagerhaus, Ulp. dig. 10, 4, 5: der Bücher, bildl., totum horreum excutere, meinen ganzen Vorrat ausschütten, Sen. ep. 45, 2: der Statuen, Plin. ep. 8, 18, 11: des Silbergeräts, die Silberkammer, Paul. dig. 34, 2, 32. § 4: des ländl. Wirtschaftsgeräts, Col. 1, 6, 7. – ➳ Vulg. Nbf. horreus, eī, m., Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 3222.

horreum, ~a [CL], ~us [LL] 1 barn, granary; b (fig.; cf.Matth. iii 12, Luke iii 17); c (spec. for hay). d (~um decimale) tithe barn. Frith. 533 (v. gaudere 1d); 11‥ ad edificanda ‥ orrea et animalium pecorumque receptacula Cart. S. Neots f. 81; c1160 orreum (v. deforis 3a); 1214 fecit triturare bladum suum in ~ea CurR VII 187; 1343 usque ad novum granum in orrio reconditum Eng. Clergy 271; 1389 pro garbis in ~ea reponendis Ac. Obed. Abingd. 54; 1423 lego totum frumentum meum existens in orio meo infra rectoriam ‥ non trituratum Reg. Cant. II 246; hoc orreum, A. lathe. hoc granarium idem est ‥ hoc orium, A. a beyrne WW; 1452 ad ortum orrii sive †grani [sic; ? l. granarii] dictorum dominorum vulgariter Edmondestoune grange nuncupate [sic] Melrose 555; 1513 albi orii (v. 2 gabulum a); 1540 concessimus ‥ oreas ac staura ‥ granorum Pat 689 m. 51.  b Aldh. VirgP 28 (v. advectare); portare manipulos suos ad ~eum regis aeterni Alcuin Ep. 311; beatum orreum Walt. Wimb. Carm. 33 (v. far b).  c 1199 debent ‥ [fena] carcare ad ~eos de Sutton CurR RC II 150; Gir. TH I 5 (v. 1 granarium 1a); 1374 item magnum orium pro feno ostellarie . ‥ item unum ruf de magno orrio Hist. Durh. Script. cxli; 1471 pro factura unius gutter inter orrium fenile et leAvergarner ij s. Ac. Durh. 643; 1532 super orrium fenale ‥ ij s. Househ. Bk. Durh. 83.  d 1464 etc. (v. decimalis 3b). 2 stack (of sheaves). 1283 debent ‥ unusquisque eorum [cottariorum minorum] habere j hominem ad orreum faciendum per iij dies et habere qualibet die de eodem blado unam garbam quo [sic MS] tassant Cust. Battle 80.

1 horrĕum, (11) ī, n. , ¶ 1 grenier : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20 ; Agr. 2, 89 ; Virg. G. 1, 49 ¶ 2 cellier : Hor. O. 3, 28, 7 || endroit pour serrer, resserre, réduit : Ulp. Dig. 34, 2, 33 ¶ 3 [fig., en parl. dʼune ruche] : Virg. G. 4, 250.

➳ horreus, m. , CIL 2, 3222.

horreum , i. n.
倉廩。囤。倉廒。

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horreum ī, n

• a storehouse, barn, granary, magazine, cellar: clavis horrei: si proprio condidit horreo, Quicquid, etc., H.: Illius inmensae ruperunt horrea messes, V.: deripere horreo amphoram, H.: floribus horrea texent (apes), hives, V.: mus horrea fecit, V.

HORREUM

HO´RREUM(ὡρεῖον, σιτοφυλακεῖον, ἀποθήκη) was, according to its etymological signification, a place in which ripe fruits, and especially corn, were kept, and thus answered to our granary. (Verg. G. 1.49; Tibull. 2.5, 84; Her. Carm. 1.1, 7; Cic. de Leg. Agr. 2.3. 3, § 89.) During the empire the name horreum was given to any place destined for the safe preservation of things of any kind, when not required for use. Thus we find it applied to a place in which statues were kept (Plin. Ep. 8.18); to cellars (horrea subterranea, horrea vinaria, Dig. 18, 1, 76); to depôts for merchandise, and all sorts of provisions (horreum penarium, Dig. 30, 9, 3). Seneca (Ep. 45.2) even calls his library a horreum. But the more general application of the word horreum was to places for storing fruit and corn; and in order to keep the floor dry, and out of the reach of vermin, they were often built, like our own, upon dwarf piers, and were then called horrea pensilia or sublimia (Colum. 12.50, 1.6-Z2; Vitr. 6.6, 4).

In imperial times Rome possessed two kinds of horrea. The one class consisted of buildings in which the Romans might deposit their goods, and even their money, securities, and other valuables (Cod. 4, 24, 9), for which they had no safe place in their own houses. Public horrea of this kind are mentioned as early as the time of Antoninus Pius (Dig. 1, 15, 3); again under Alexander Severus (Lamprid. Al. Sev. 39; cf. Dig. 10, 4, 5). There were also private horrea or warehouses built on speculation in order to be let as strong rooms, like our London repositories and pantechnicons. The second and more important class of horrea, which may be termed public granaries, were buildings in which a plentiful supply of corn was constantly kept at the expense of the state, and from which, in seasons of scarcity, the corn was distributed among the poor, or sold at a moderate price. These dated from C. Gracchus and his Lex Sempronia frumentaria; the ruins of the great granary (horrea populi Romani) which he built were seen down to the sixteenth century between the Aventine and the Monte Testaccio (Appian, App. BC 1.21; Plut. C. Gracch. 5; Liv. Epit. lx.; Vell. Pat. 2.6.3; Cic. pro Sest. 25.55). The plan of C. Gracchus was carried further by Clodius, Pompey, and several of the emperors; and during the empire we thus find a great number of public horrea which were called after the names of their founders: e.g., horrea Aniceti, Vargunteii, Seiani, Augusti, Domitiani, &c. According to the Regionary Catalogues, the number of these at length mounted up to 291. The officers who super-intended them were called horrearii or vilici ex horreis (Dig. 9, 3, 5.3; Hirschfeld, Getreideverw. pp. 52, 61). The manner in which corn from these granaries was given to the people differed at different times. (Cf. Mommsen, Privatl. 395; Staatsverw. 2.128-9, 469; FRUMENTARIAE LEGES)

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Horreum

(ὡρεῖον, σιτοφυλακεῖον, ἀποθήκη). (1) A granary, especially at Rome a public granary, in which grain was stored at the expense of the State for distribution to the people. (See frumentariae leges.)

(2) A warehouse or storehouse where anything might be deposited for safe-keeping. These were common at Rome under the Empire, and were used for the storage of securities, money, goods, etc. (Cod. iv. 24, 9; Dig. i. 15, 3). Keepers of horrea in either sense of the word were called horrearii or vilici ex horreis.