water-closet
WATER-CLOSET
sella familiarica or simply sella (Vid: Schneider Ind. ad Scriptt. R.R. in v.) -forica (if public): lasanum (a stool; Petronius): latrina (a cabinet d’aisance à la Française). To go to the water-closet alvum exoneratum ire: ire quo saturi solent (comedy Plaut. Curc. 2 5 83): he writes verses which people read in the water-closet scribit carmina quae legunt cacantes (Martialis 12 61 10).
sella familiarica or simply sella (Vid: Schneider Ind. ad Scriptt. R.R. in v.) -forica (if public): lasanum (a stool; Petronius): latrina (a cabinet d’aisance à la Française). To go to the water-closet alvum exoneratum ire: ire quo saturi solent (comedy Plaut. Curc. 2 5 83): he writes verses which people read in the water-closet scribit carmina quae legunt cacantes (Martialis 12 61 10).
water-closet:
1. sella, sella fămĭliārĭca: Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4.
2. lātrīna: the servant who cleans the w., ancilla quae latrinam lavat, Pl. Curc. 44, 24.
3. fŏrĭca (a public w.): Juv. 3, 38.
4. lăsănum (a close-stool): Petr.
1. sella, sella fămĭliārĭca: Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4.
2. lātrīna: the servant who cleans the w., ancilla quae latrinam lavat, Pl. Curc. 44, 24.
3. fŏrĭca (a public w.): Juv. 3, 38.
4. lăsănum (a close-stool): Petr.