thesaurus

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensaurum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = θησαυρός.

• Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.
• • A Lit.: TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM, Inscr. Orell. 3247: thensaurum effodere, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53 (781); 4, 4, 8 (1100); id. Ps. 2, 2, 33 (626); id. Aul. prol. 7: thesaurum defodere ... invenire, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset, id. Sen. 7, 21: non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici, Sall. J. 10, 4: intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum, Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—
  • • 2 Law t. t., treasure trove: thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat, Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—
  • B Trop. (very rare): thesaurus mali, a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54 (164): stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo; thensaurum inde pariunt, id. Most. 4, 1, 8 (865): thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes, Ap. Met. 5, 14, 9. —
  • • 2 Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13 (723); cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34 (242): eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum, id. Curc. 5, 2, 76 (674); cf.: thensaurus copiarum, id. As. 3, 3, 67 (657).—
• II A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure-chamber, treasure-vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).
• • A Lit.: monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum, Plin. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229: admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum, Liv. 39, 50, 3: Proserpinae, id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—
  • • 2 Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest: cum thesaurum effregisset heres, Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37: apertis thesauris suis, Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—
  • B Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12 (626): quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria? Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.: thesauri argumentorum, Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109: suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros, id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.: mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est, a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—
• III The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.

thēsaurus (in den besten Hdschrn. u. in Inschrn. thēnsaurus), ī, m. (θησαυρός), I) der niedergelegte u. aufbewahrte Vorrat, Schatz, 1) eig.: thesauros constituere, Vitr. – bes. von Geld und Geldeswert, thes. auri, Plaut.: tabularius thensaurorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 325: thesaurum effodere, Plaut.: thesaurum obruere, Cic., defodere, Cic.: thesaurum reponere (zurücklegen), Quint.: thesaurum invenire, Cic.: incubare publicis thesauris, Liv.: velut clausis thesauris incubare, Quint.: thesauros Gallici auri occultari a patribus, Liv.: thesauros tyranni scrutari, Liv. – 2) bildl.: a) reicher Vorrat, Hülle und Fülle, thes. mali, Plaut.: thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes, Plaut. – b) ein Schatz = ein im höchsten Grade Nutzen bringender Mensch od. Gegenstand, leno, thensaurus meus, Plaut.: custos erilis, decus popli, thesaurus copiarum, Plaut.: integrum et plenum adepta est thesaurum, Plaut. – II) der Ort, wo etwas niedergelegt-, aufbewahrt wird, die Vorratskammer, das Magazin, der Speicher, 1) eig.: a) übh.: servata mella thesauris, Zellen, Verg.: in his operibus thesauri sunt civitatibus in necessariis rebus a maioribus constituti, Vitr.: condere semina in thesauros cavernarum, Plin.: condere in thesauris maxilarum cibum, Plin.: in thesauris suis (in seiner Garderobe) vestem numquam nisi annum esse passus est, Lampc. Alex. Sev. 40, 2. – b) insbes.: α) die Schatulle, der Schatz für Geld und Geldeswert, cum thesaurum effregisset heres, Plin. – gew. die Schatzkammer eines Tempels oder des Staatsschatzes, die Schatzkapelle, das Schatzgewölbe, thesauros Proserpinae spoliare, Liv.: thesauros expilare, Liv.: litterae recitatae sunt, pecuniam ex Proserpinae thesauris nocte clam sublatam, Liv.: pecuniam omnem conquisitam in thesauros Proserpinae referri iussit, Liv.: esse thesaurum publicum sub terra saxo saeptum, Liv. – β) poet., v. der Unterwelt, postquam est orchi (orci) traditus thesauro, Naev. bei Gell. 1, 24, 2. – 2) übtr., die Schatzkammer, die Vorratskammer, das Magazin, Repertorium, die Fundgrube, thesaurus rerum omnium memoria, Cic.: quod lateat in thesauris tuis, im Pulte, Cic.: qui illos locos tamquam thesauros aliquos argumentorum notatos habet, Cic.: quoniam, ut ait Domitius Piso, thesauros esse oportet, non libros, Plin.: litterae thesaurum (s. unten) est, Petron.: thesaurus fraudis, aufgespeicherter Betrug, Apul.: thesauri bibliothecales, Bücherschätze, Sidon. epist. 8, 4, 1. – v. Pers., quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est, ein lebendiges Lexikon, eine lebendige Bibliothek, Plin. ep.: Papinianus doctrinae legalis thesaurus, Spart. – ➳ Heterogen. thesaurum, ī, n., Petron. 46, 8. Paul. ex Fest. 8, 14 u. Itala, s. Rönsch S. 271. – Über die Schreibweise thensaurus s. Ritschl Prolegg. ad Plaut. trin. p. C III. Wagner Orthogr. Verg. p. 457 sq. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 30737. Halm Emendatt. Valer. p. 16. Rönsch Itala p. 459. – Auch tesaurus geschr., Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 4988.

thesaurus [CL < θησαυρός] 1 place where valuables are stored, treasure chamber, vault, chest, or sim.; b (in fig. context). c (transf.) storehouse, repository, treasury (of or for immaterial things). 793 videte librorum ~a [vv. ll. ~um, ~os; unless to be referred to 3c infra] Alcuin Ep. 19; 800 putans aurum e stercore tulisse lavatumque dominicis indidisse ~is Ib. 203; c1127 per baculum Odonis Revelli, qui in ~o ecclesie reservatur (Cart. Thorney) Eng. Justice 140; ~um ‥ reliquiarum ejus in novam ecclesiam transferri et in loco decenter ad hoc preparato reponi fecit V. Gund. 18; sicut vas ‥ diligenter ‥ politum in ~um reconditur, sic anima omnium vitiorum a contagione mundata paradisum introducitur Ord. Vit. VIII 17 p. 370; s1135 mercede fuit permulsus ut castellum sibi traderet, ~os aperiret G. Steph. 4 p. 8; 1300 redditum recipit et reddit in tessauro S. Trinitatis Reg. S. Aug. 178; apertis ~is et sacculorum corrigiis resolutis, pecuniam dispersimus R. Bury Phil. 8. 128.  b scripta non tantum legi sed etiam condidi in ~o cordis mei Æthelw. prol. p. 1; quaecumque super usus necessarios restaverint ‥ in coelestes ‥ recondant ~os RegulC 69; Hibernia ‥ quasi peculiaris ‥ nature ~us, ubi ‥ pretiosiora sui secreta reposuerit Gir. TH I 2; ventos ‥ / quos in thesauris Conditor ipse tenet Neckam DS II 66 (cf. J. Howd. Cant. 368: [disce] flantes de thesauris quis ventos educit; Walt. Wimb. Carm. 496: thesauros, obsecro, ventorum aperi); c1365 qui de ~o sue gracie singula merita centuplo recompensat FormOx 369.  c o ~um sapientiae! Felix Guthl. 51; 801 fidem meam in memoriam revocare volui, ne ~um memoriae longa oblivionis rubigine vilescat Alcuin Ep. 225; c1168 fidelis ~us memorie est scriptura, que rerum seriem incommutabili loquitur veritate Ch. Chester 173; passio Domini est clavis qua reserantur nobis ~i sacramentorum S. Langton Ruth 112; tercia [cellula cerebri] ‥ est memorativa, que ea que apprehensa sunt ‥ in ~o memorie retinet et custodit Bart. Angl. III 10; ~us Linguae Romanae et Britannicae T. Cooper (London, 1565) tit.. 2 (as institution or department) treasury, exchequer (in quot. not always clearly distinct from 1 supra and 3 infra). terram ‥ tenebat ‥ Robertus ‥ ad firmam regis et Godricus in ~o regis in brevi suo per xx solidos DB II 276b; c1112 per librum de ~o disratiocinavit quod Leuecanora manerium suum nihil omnino debet in hundredo de P. facere Chr. Abingd. II 116; scriptor rotuli de ~o Dial. Scac. I 5B; constabularii officium est ad Scaccarium ut in brevibus regis de exitu ~i ‥ simul cum presidente testis existat Ib. I 5E; ut nunc incongrue respondeatur querenti de quolibet ubi sit, “in ~o est” Ib. I 14; s1182 in tribus locis regni sui ‥ jussit hoc scriptum [testamentum regis] diligentius reservari, viz. in ecclesia Cantuarie, in cofris suis et in ~o Wintonie Gerv. Cant. Chr. I 300; s1193 episcopus ‥ dimidium pretii ‥ de ~o suo adquietavit M. Par. Min. II 44; 1228 pes cyrographi est in ~o BNB II 246; 1252 serjantia, sc. conducendi ~um domini regis, ‥ fuit arentata ‥ ad j m. per annum IMisc 6/15; de depositis in tesauro Cicestr' DCChich. p. 190; 1392 pro mutuacione c marcarum de ~o Anglie Ac. H. Derby 162. 3 treasure, precious or valuable things. b precious or valuable thing, (item of) treasure. c (transf., esp. w. ref. to immaterial things). primo fodiens non invenit adhuc quod quaerebat, sed secundo laboriosius fodiendo, inventum ‥ ~um ‥ secum ‥ asportavit V. Greg. p. 92; 8‥ ~us desiderabilis, gewilniendlic goldhord WW; loco unde opulentissimus ~us Augustini corporis assumptus est Gosc. Transl. Aug. 27A; ~us assumendus ‥ in noctem differtur Ib. 36D; si quivis pauperum inveniret ~um unde locuples fieret Alex. Cant. Dicta 20 p. 187; secretum ~um ostendissem illi, unde posset hic antiquam reparare basilicam Ord. Vit. VI 10 p. 112; 1212 tenet j carucatam de domino rege pro thessauro suo conducendo usque le B. Fees 210; s1191 quicquid ‥ ~i in auro et in argento et lapidibus pretiosis in abbatiis ‥ inventum est ‥ acceperunt Ann. Wav. 248; s1190 multum ~um in Turri Londoniensi circumcingenda muro ‥ consumpsit Flor. Hist. II 105; s1256 nec unquam siccabitur mei fons ~i quin follosis illorum rictibus et spongiosis visceribus satis infundatur M. Par. Maj. V 537; s1290 [escaetor] monachos ‥ de ~o abbatis defuncti ‥ interrogavit G. S. Alb. II 3.  b ~os et facultates aecclesiae dispersit deditque pauperibus Wulf. Æthelwold 29; ut illos hic tangamus quibus nullus finis possessionum sufficit et ~orum, nisi victualia subsidia ligurriant ecclesiarum, nisi domum Dei lacerent ‥ Gosc. Edith 284; ~os Constantinopolitanos ‥ cruentatis manibus diripiendos Anselm (Ep. 117) III 254; in aggerandis ~is mirus W. Malm. GR III 277; 1135 custodes ~orum regalium Id. HN 460; camere ‥ ubi erant ingentes ~i, copia sc. auri et argenti, lapides preciosi Ord. Vit. XI 26 p. 253; Christus congregare ~os apostolis interdixit [cf. Matth. vi 19] Ockham Pol. I 355; vas vel locus ubi libri vel thesauri servantur WW.  c transtulit in Latium peregrina volumina pandens / thesaurosque simul librorum forte Pelasgos / edidit in lucem Aldh. VirgV 2150; qualiter in cordis thesaurum condat acerra Ib. 2192; quem [locum] fidelis animi sagaci industria perrimantes, reperiunt thesaurum magnum Pass. Æthelb. 12; pretiosissimum virginitatis ~um qui ‥ tam irrecuperabiliter amittitur Ailr. Inst. Inclus. 15; qui ‥ incomparabilem scientie ~um non abscondunt Gir. TH III intr.; interior ~us, tanquam teste nucleus, innato sibi jure fruatur Id. EH pref. p. 223; magnam medicinam ‥ que ‥ vocatur ~us philosophorum Bacon V 98. 4 (also ~us inventus or sim.) treasure-trove (also as legal right to take ownership of valuable objects so found). a1088 (1312) si ~us in prefatis terris ‥ repertus fuerit, abbatis et monachorum sit totus CalCh III 197; 1106 sciatis me concessisse ‥ abbati ‥ sacam et socam ‥ et inventionem ~i ‥ Chr. Rams. 214; haec sunt jura que rex ‥ solus et super omnes homines habet in sua terra ‥ ~us inventus, naufragium ‥ (Leg. Hen. 10. 1) GAS 556; c1169 causa de inventione ~i Regesta Scot. 80; de occultatione inventi ~i fraudulosa Glanv. XIV 2; 1201 de latrocinio, et de combustione, et de ~o SelPlJews 2; 1226 pro tehsauro [marked for corr. in MS; l. ~o] invento Cl II 159; sicut wreccum maris, ~us inventus, et grossus piscis, sicut balena, sturgio, et alii pisces regales Bracton f. 14; 1275 invenit ‥ quemdam tesaurum ‥ et ‥ Rogerus petit partem dicti ~i inventi CourtR Wakefield I 53; 1288 de ~o invento sciunt set presentare contempnunt Leet Norw. 2. 5 stock or quantity (also transf., of immaterial things). ~um bonorum operum indeficienter sibi thesaurizabat V. Birini 2; 1334 quod ~us noster nummi est exhaustus RScot 291a; s1381 magnum ‥ ~um pecunie, jocalia, vasa argentea Chr. Kirkstall 125; 1548 de ~o nostro municionum, artillariorum, tentorum, pavilionum (Pat) Foed. XV 175.

thēsaurus (10) (thēns-), ī, m. (θησαυρός), ¶ 1 trésor [caché, enfoui] : Pl. Aul. 7 ; Trin. 783, etc. ; Cic. Div. 2, 134 ; CM 21 ¶ 2 [fig.] un trésor de = une quantité de, une infinité de : Pl. Merc. 163 || [en parl. de qqn] : leno, thensaurus meus Pl. Curc. 676, le leno [lʼentremetteur], mon trésor [où je puise] ¶ 3 trésor = lieu où lʼon conserve des richesses, où lʼon emmagasine : Liv. 29, 8, 9 ; 29, 18, 4, etc. || [en parl. des cellules dʼabeilles] : Virg. G. 4, 229 ¶ 4 [fig.] trésor = dépôt, magasin : thesaurus rerum omnium, memoria Cic. de Or. 1, 18, le trésor de toutes les connaissances, la mémoire, cf. Cic. Part. 109 ; Fin. 2, 67 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 22, 2.

➳ la forme thensaurus est fréquente dans les meilleurs mss.

thesaurus , i. m.
庫房。貯物處。寳藏。珍寳。堆。衆多。

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thēsaurus or thēnsaurus ī, m

• , θησαυρός, something laid up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store: petit, unde is sit thensaurus sibi, T.: thesaurum defodere . . . invenire: non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici, S.—A place for safe-keeping, store-house, treasurechamber, treasure-vault, treasury: publicus, L.: Si servata mella Thesauris relines, i. e. the cells of bees, V.—Fig., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection: thesaurus rerum omnium, memoria: thesauri argumentorum.

THESAURUS

THESAURUS(θησαυρός), a storehouse, treasury. The name is commonly used both in a correct and an incorrect significance, when applied to surviving buildings; but as the incorrect meaning is at least as old as Pausanias, it is also included here. There are (1) the treasuries of various Greek cities dedicated at Olympia and Delphi, (2) the so-called treasuries at Orchomenus, Mycenae, and elsewhere.

(1) At Olympia the whole row of treasuries described by Pausanias has been unearthed. In architectural form they are like small temples of the Doric order, and so are actually called ναοὶ by Polemo (ap. Athen. 11.489-90). They consist of an oblong chamber with a small prodomus, usually in antis; the treasury of the Geloans has a portico in front, and also internal columns. They were erected at various periods to contain the costly offerings made by those who dedicated them; but later seem to have been used to contain other treasures and works of art requiring protection by a building (Paus. 6.19). The treasuries of various cities at Delphi were probably of similar form, and served a similar purpose (Paus. 10.11).

(2) For the circular sepulchral buildings, falsely called Treasuries; such as the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae, see SEPULCRUMp. 644 a.

(Bötticher, Olympia, 2nd edit., Berlin, 1886, pp. 207 sqq.; Richter, de Thesauris Olympiae efforsis, Berlin, 1885; Baumeister, Denkmäler des classischen Alterthums, art. Olympia, pp. 1104 B sqq.; Schliemann, Exploration of the Boeotian Orchomenus: Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1881, pp. 122 sqq.; Schliemann, Mycenae, pp. 227 ff.; Thiersch, Die Tholos der Atreus zu Mykenae, in Mittheilungen des deutschen Instituts zu Athen, 1879, pp. 177 sqq.)

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Thesaurus

(θησαυρός). The Greek term for a room in which all kinds of objects, provisions, jewels, etc., were stored; hence a treasury or treasure-house. In ordinary life the underground storechambers, circular vaulted rooms with an opening above, similar to our cellars, were thus named. The same name was given to treasure-houses which each State maintained within the precincts of Panhellenic sanctuaries, as repositories for their offerings to the gods. Such were those at Olympia and Delphi. The subterranean tombs, shaped like beehives, and of a construction dating from remote Greek antiquity, which have been found in various places, have been wrongly described as “treasure-houses.” The most celebrated of these are the so-called thesaurus of Atreus at Mycenae (see Cyclopes; Mycenae), and that of Minyas at Orchomenus (see Trophonius). The latter is only partly, the former wholly, preserved. The ground-plan of these structures is circular, and consists of one enclosed room with a domed roof, constructed of horizontal layers of massive stone blocks, projecting one over the other. This circular chamber was used probably for service in honour of the dead. The actual resting-place of the body was a square room adjoining. The large room at Mycenae is fifty feet in diameter, and about the same in height. It consists of thirteen courses, the uppermost of which was only a single stone. It was decorated with hundreds of bronze plates, the holes for the nails being still visible.