thalamus

thălămus, i, m., = thalamos, an inner room, chamber, apartment ( poet. ).

I.

Lit [p. 1866]

A.

In gen.:

Pars secreta domus... Tres habuit thalamos, quorum tu, Pandrose, dextrum, Aglauros laevum, medium possederat Herse,

Ov. M. 2, 738:

ferreique Eumenidum thalami,

Verg. A. 6, 280; cf.:

delubra ei gemina, quae vocant thalamos,

Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 185;

and of bees: ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,

Verg. G. 4, 189.—

B.

Esp., a sleeping-room, bedchamber (cf.:

cubiculum, dormitorium, cubile),

Verg. A. 6, 623; Ov. M. 10, 456; id. H. 12, 57 al.; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—

II.

Transf.

A.

A marriage - bed, bridal-bed (cf.:

lectus, conjugium, conubium),

Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 14; 3, 7 (4, 6), 49; Petr. 26.—Hence,

B.

Transf., marriage, wedlock (very freq. both in sing. and plur.); sing.:

thalami expers vitam Degere,

Verg. A. 4, 550; cf.:

si non pertaesum thalami taedaeque fuisset,

id. ib. 4, 18:

quantum in conubio natae thalamoque moratur,

id. ib. 7, 253; so id. ib. 7, 388; 9, 594; Ov. M. 3, 267; 10, 571; Stat. Th. 5, 463 al. — Plur.:

thalamos ne desere pactos,

Verg. A. 10, 649; Ov M. 1, 658; 7, 22; 12, 193; id. Am. 1, 8, 19; id. F. 3, 689; Hor. C. 1, 15, 16; Mart. 10, 63, 7; Sen. Agam. 256; 992; Val. Fl. 1, 226.