| 释义 |
ergastulum Rom. Antiq.|ɜːˈgæstjʊləm|
Pl. -ula |-jʊlə|.
[L.]
A prison-like building on a large estate, used for housing slave workers (in quot. 1891, an urban prison for slaves).
1833W. Blair Inquiry into Slavery amongst Romans v. 100 When Columella wrote, some distinction appears to have existed between the ergastulum for ordinary workmen, and that for ill-behaved slaves, as he directs the latter to be built under ground. 1865Brande & Cox Dict. Sci. I. 808/2 Ergastulum, a workhouse, or a dwelling place for the slaves. 1885R. S. Storrs Div. Orig. Christianity v. 159 As workers on farms, they [sc. slaves]..slept at night in the cells of the ergastula, under-ground. 1891F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxxi. 303 The ergastulum is half-subterranean. Its windows are narrow, and high above our heads. |