prison Copy link Outline 1. carcer, ĕris, m.2. rōbur, ŏris, n. (the inner keep of a p., esp. of the public p. at Rome)3. when the ref. is not to the place but the condition of confinement, vincŭla, orum; custōdia (milder) • prison: 1. carcer, ĕris, m.: Cic. Sull. 25, 70: Sall.: Liv. 2. rōbur, ŏris, n. (the inner keep of a p., esp. of the public p. at Rome): Fest. s. v. robum: Hor. Od. 2, 13, 19. Join: in robore et tenebris, Liv. 38, 59, extr. (This part of the carcer of Rome was called Tullianum, Sall. Cat. 55.) 3. when the ref. is not to the place but the condition of confinement, vincŭla, orum; custōdia (milder): to put in p., in vincula conjicere, Caes. B. G. 3, 9: to hurry away to p., in v. abripere, Cic. Verr. 4, 10, 24: v. imprisonment.