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arula

arula, a small altar

ārŭla, ae, f. dim. [ara].
  • A small altar: ante hosce deos erant arulae, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3; Vulg. Jer. 36, 22; 36, 23 bis; Jus Papir. in Macr. S. 3, 11; Arn. 3, p. 114; Inscr. Orell. 1630.—
  • †† II Perh. the base of an altar (eccl. Lat.): quos (anulos) pones subter arulam altaris, Vulg. Exod. 27, 5; 38, 4.—
  • III Among the Campanians, the turf laid altar-like round an elm-tree, Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 77.

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