In Verrem, 2.4.58 (26)
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century BCE See all items with this value
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In Verrem, 2.4.58 (26)
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Nam ut in singula conclavia, quae iste non modo Romae sed in omnibus villis habet, tricenos lectos optime stratos cum ceteris ornamentis convivii quaereret, nimium multa comparare videretur.
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Noun (plural) See all items with this value
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Object: Furniture See all items with this value
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Thirty dining couches
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Visual Work: Material: Textile See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Material: Wood See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Engraving See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals See all items with this value
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Fabric coverlets for the couches, and other ornaments unspecified; context suggests inlays in precious metals, carved wood, perhaps nice cushions
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Gaius Verres
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The term may possibly have the non-specifically-visual association of 'accoutrements' here, but given that 'strati' are variously included in lists of visual ornamenta, arguably other visual ornaments of couches are meant: glass and ivory inlay, gilding of the wood, etc
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A00083
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