De finibus bonorum et malorum, 3.2.8

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Cicero See all items with this value
Reference
De finibus bonorum et malorum, 3.2.8
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
nam his libris eum malo quam reliquo ornatu villae delectari.
Part of Speech
Supine See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Villa of Lucullus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Furniture See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Visual Work: Painting See all items with this value
Visual Work: Vessel See all items with this value
Building: Architecture: Domestic Space: Interior See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
The library and books of the villa, but also other things unspecified; context suggests: sculpture, painting, elaborate furniture, and fine dinnerware
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lucullus
Notes
Sense of "furnishings, equipment" also in play
Item Identifier
A00152
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Painting
Building
Domestic Structure
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Furniture
Vessel
Domestic Building
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite