shop (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. tăberna2. offĭcīna (a workshop) • shop (subs.): 1. tăberna: a book-seller's s., t. libraria, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21 (also simply, libraria, Gell. 5, 4): a wine s., t. vinaria, Varr. L. L. 8, 30, 117: a shoemaker's s., t. sutrina, Tac. A. 15, 34 (or simply, sutrina, Plin.): to keep a s., tabernam exercere, Suet. Aug. 4: to shut up s., claudere t., Hor. S. 1, 3, 132. Dimin., tăbernŭla (a little shop, i. e. the shop of a petty tradesman): to break open and rob the s.s, tabernulas effringere et expilare, Suet. Ner. 26, init.: Ulp. Dig. 5, 1, 19. 2. offĭcīna (a workshop): a s. in which garments are made for sale, o. promercalium vestium, Suet. Gramm. 23, fin.: v. also workshop. Among special kinds of shops may be mentioned, tonstrīna, a barber's s.; laniena, less freq. laniarium, a butcher's s.; popīna, a cook-s. or eating-house; thermopolium, a s. for hot drinks: v. barber, butcher, etc.