monumentum

mŏnŭmentum ( mŏnĭm- ), i, n. [moneo), that which preserves the remembrance of any thing, a memorial, a monument; esp. of buildings, statues, galleries, tombs erected to perpetuate the remembrance of a person or thing; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 139 Müll.

I.

Lit. (class.):

statuam dare auream Solidam faciundam, quae siet factis monumentum suis,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

monimenti causā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146:

monumento ut esset,

Liv. 8, 11, 16:

vitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

Marcelli et Africani,

id. ib. 2, 1, 4, §

11: in Mamertino solo foederato atque pacato monumentum istius, crudelitatis constitutum est,

id. ib. 2, 4, 11, § 26: ego, quae monumenti ratio sit, nomine ipso admoneor, ad memoriam magis spectare debet posteritatis, quam ad praesentis temporis gratiam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 32, 18:

placet mihi, legionis Martiae militibus monumentum fieri quam amplissimum,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 41; plur. excellent:

quod in monumentis majorum suorum sit interfectus (Clodius),

i. e. on the Via Appia, Cic. Mil. 7, 17; Tac. A. 4, 7:

pecunias monumentaque, quae ex fano Herculis collata erant,

memorials, votive offerings, images, Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

monimenta, quae in sepulcris: et ideo secundum viam, quo praetereuntes admoneant, et se fuisse, et illos esse mortales,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 45 Müll.:

regis,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 15:

Marii,

the temple built by him, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59;

of the temple of Castor,

id. Verr. 1, 50, 13:

senatūs,

the house of Cicero, built by order of the Senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—

B.

In partic.

1.

A sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb (syn.: sepulcrum, tumulus; class.): marmoreum, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12:

sepulcri,

Nep. Dion. 10;

and without sepulcri: sepultus est in monumento avunculi sui,

family tomb, sepulchre, Nep. Att. 22, 4.—

2.

Of written works, monuments, or records:

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 1: monumenta rerum gestarum, books of history, chronicles, Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 201:

annalium,

the monuments of history, id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

commendare aliquid monumentis,

memoirs, id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

liber monumenti,

Vulg. Mal. 3, 16.—

C.

Transf., a remembrancer, a mark, token, or means of recognition, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 16:

vos monimentis commonefaciam bubulis,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 6.—

II.

Trop.:

at illa laus est, magno in genere... liberos hominem educare, generi monumentum et sibi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 110:

monumentum laudis,

a memorial, Cic. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

clementiae,

id. Deiot. 14, 40:

furtorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

amoris,

Verg. A. 5, 538.