shelter (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. tegmen, tĕgĭmen, etc.2. suffŭgium (from sun, rain, etc.)II. In wider sense, a refuge, protection1. perfŭgium (a place of refuge)2. rĕceptācŭlum (place of retreat)3. castellum (lit., a fort, stronghold4. āra (lit., an altar, hence fig. a protection)5. umbra (fig., a shelter, protection)6. hospĭtium and dēversōrium may be used to express shelter in the sense of lodgings at an inn, or hospitality in a private house • shelter (subs.): I. Lit.: that which covers: 1. tegmen, tĕgĭmen, etc.: v. covering. 2. suffŭgium (from sun, rain, etc.): no s. from either the rain or sun, s. nullum aut imbris aut solis, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, init.: they are accustomed to make subterranean caves as a s. from the cold of winter, solent subterraneos specus aperire s. hiemi, Tac. Germ. 16, fin.: a s. against the severity of the climate, s. adversus caeli rigorem, Sen. de Ira, 1, 11, 2. II. In wider sense, a refuge, protection: 1. perfŭgium (a place of refuge): a s. and a harbour for his broken fortune, ejus fortunae jactatae portum ac p., Cic. Clu. 3, 7: v. refuge. 2. rĕceptācŭlum (place of retreat): v. retreat. 3. castellum (lit., a fort, stronghold: fig., a shelter, defence): a stronghold of abandoned citizens, and a s. for villany, arx civium perditorum, c. latrocinii, Cic. Pis. 5, 11: a s. for every crime, c. omnium scelerum, Liv. 3, 57, init. 4. āra (lit., an altar, hence fig. a protection): to flee for refuge to the s. of the laws, ad aram legum confugere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8. 5. umbra (fig., a shelter, protection): a s. and retreat, u. et recessus, id. de Or. 3, 26, 101: they skulk under the s. of a great name, umbra magni nominis delitescunt, Quint. 12, 10, 15: they skulked under the s. of the Roman friendship, sub umbra Romanae amicitiae latebant, Liv. 34, 9, fin. 6. hospĭtium and dēversōrium may be used to express shelter in the sense of lodgings at an inn, or hospitality in a private house: v. lodging. Phr.: in many places I do not even get a s., multis locis ne tectum quidem accipio, Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3: to afford any one s. (as fugitives from justice, etc.), aliquem tectis ac sedibus recipere, Cic. (Kr.). See also protection.