Ustrinum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ustrinum is a noun meaning (historical, Ancient Rome) The site of a funeral pyre.
Meaning
(historical, Ancient Rome) The site of a funeral pyre.
Example Sentences
The Romans had, even in their smaller municipia, Boards of Health—such, at least, I take to be the meaning of Novemvir and Triumvir Valetudinarius; and it may seem extraordianry that they did not remove the ustrinum to a greater distance.
Word Forms
- ustrina
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fanum, inferiae, meretrix, sellisternium, terminalia, verbenarius.
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