bed Copy link Outline I. A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting upon1. cŭbīle, is, n.2. lectus3. lectŭlus (a small bed)4. tŏrus (chiefly poet.)5. strātum (in the poets very often pl.)II. MarriageIII. A space in a garden1. ārĕa2. ārĕŏla (a small b.)3. fŏrusIV. A channelV. Any hollow place, formed artificially1. cŭbīle2. cŭbĭcŭlumVI. A layer, stratum • bed: I. A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting upon: 1. cŭbīle, is, n.: my b. is the ground, mihi est c. terra, Cic.: to ascend the (marriage) b. of Jove, Jovis ascendere c., Virg.: v. couch. 2. lectus: he told me that you were in b., dixit mihi te in lecto esse, Cic.: to be confined to one's bed, lecto teneri, Cic.: a b. for sleeping in, l. cubicularis, Cic.: a bridal b., l. genialis, Cic.: Prop.; l. jugalis, Virg.: to get out of b., e lecto surgere, Ter.: to make a b., i. e. to arrange it for sleeping in, l. sternere: Pl.: Cic. 3. lectŭlus (a small bed): he got out of b., surrexit e lectulo, Cic. 4. tŏrus (chiefly poet.): the b. of the ancients was of straw, antiquis torus e stramento erat, Plin.: Deucalion with the partner of his b., Deucalion cum consorte tori, Ov. 5. strātum (in the poets very often pl.): a soft b., molle s., Liv.: Suet.: my b. seems hard, mihi dura videntur strata, Ov.: to leap from one's b., stratis exsilire, Ov.: Virg. Phr.: he orders his b. to be made in the fore-part of the house, jubet sterni sibi in prima domus parte, Plin.: to go to b., cubitum ire, Cic.; dormitum ire, Pl.: she is confined to her b., he is well, haec cubat, ille valet, Ov.: to be brought to b. of a son, filium parĕre, Cic. II. Marriage: q. v.: connūbium. III. A space in a garden: 1. ārĕa: Col.: to lay out a garden in b.s, hortum areis distinguere, Plin. 2. ārĕŏla (a small b.): Col. 3. fŏrus: Col. Phr.: flower-b.s, flōrālĭa, ium, Varr.. a b. of roses, rŏsārĭum, Virg.: Col. IV. A channel: q. v.: alvĕus: Hor. V. Any hollow place, formed artificially: 1. cŭbīle: Vitr. 2. cŭbĭcŭlum: Vitr. VI. A layer, stratum: q. v.
BED Copy link • BEDlectus; lectulus (either to deep in or rest on): lectus cubicularis; cubile (a bed to sleep in; torus is seldom used except in poetry): grabatus (a low couch to rest on, either for invalids or students, σκίμπους): lecticula lucubratoria (a couch on which the ancients rested by day, in order to meditate and study): lectus genialis (the marriage bed): sponda (a bedstead); strata or stragula, alto with cubicularia, noun plur. understood (all the parts belonging to a couch or bed): alveus (the bed of a river): to make the bed, lectum sternere: to go to bed, ad lectum transgredi (Suet., Oct., 76); cubitum ire or discedere; dormitum se conferre; quieti se tradere: to get out of bed, surgere, with or without cubitu, or e lectulo: to put to bed, collocare aliquem in cubili: to keep one’s bed, in lecto esse; lecto teneri; lecto affixum esse. I cannot get out of bed for the life of me, prorsum e lectulo surgere nequeo: to be separated from bed and board, cubilibus discerni (Tac., hist., 5, 5, 2): to die on the bed of honor, in acie cadere; egregia morte defungi. PROV., Early to bed and early to rise, etc., mane quod to occeperis negotium, id totum procedit diem (Plaut.: sometimes Aurora Mosis amica). To be brought to bed, parere; partum edere: to be brought to bed of a son, filium parere. Bed-chamber, cubiculum dormitorium, or only dormitorium (Plin., 30, 6, 17): cubiculum noctis et somni (Plin., Ep., 2, 17, 22): zotheca; zothecula (a little cabinet to sleep in, Plin., Ep., 2, 17, 21; 5, 6, 38): tie bed-rooms (as a part of the house), dormitorium membrum (Plin.). Bed-clothes, opertorium lecti (the coverlet: opposed to stragulum, the mattress. Vid: Sen., Ep., 87, 2): lodix; lodicula. Bed-fellow, lecti socius. Bed-post, fulcrum lecti. Bed-ridden, lecto affixus. Bed-time, tempus dormiendi. Bed in a garden, area; areola. Hot-bed, area stercore satiata: area vitreis munita (if with frames, Conf. Plin., 19, 5, 23). To lay out in beds, areis distinguere: in areas dividere. A violet-bed, violarium. An oyster-bed, ostrearium (artificial). Beds of sulphur, sulphurata (sc. loca). Layer, Vid.