• repair (
subs.):
expr. mostly by phr.: (i). sartus tectus (
i. e. sartus et tectus,
mended and roofed):
to keep the temples in good r., sarta tecta aedium tueri,
Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1: hence also tueor, tuĭtus, 2, is used alone in this sense:
the letting out of temples to be kept in good r., locatio aedium sacrarum tuendarum,
Liv. 24, 18:
Cic. (N.B.-The
foll. fig. use of the phr. probably embodies a common formula: Curium sartum et tectum, ut aiunt, ab omnique incommodo, detrimento, molestia, sincerum integrumque conservare,
Cic. Fam. 13, 50, 2:
cf. Verr. 1, 50, 131.) (ii).
in bad r.:
expr. by ruīnōsus (
going to ruin):
a house in bad r., r. aedes,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54: or by a
part.:
a house out of r. from age, aedes vetustate sublapsa,
Plin. Ep. 10, 75:
the expense of a house that is out of r., impensae aedis dilabentis,
Sen. Ep. 12, 1 (
v. ruinous,
dilapidated):
they are very troublesome to keep in r., habent in refectionibus molestiam magnam,
Vitr. 6, 3, 2.