tăberna, ae, f. [root ta (tan); Gr.
tei/nw, perf. te/taka; cf.: tabula,
tenus]
Hut, shed, booth, stall,
shop constructed of boards.
I. Hence, in gen., any slight
structure used for a dwelling, a hut
or cottage (very rare): "tabernae
appellatio declarat omne utile ad
habitandum aedificium, non ex eo, quod
tabulis cluditur", Dig. 50, 16, 183:
"pauperum tabernae", Hor. C. 1, 4, 13;
so, "obscurae", id. A. P. 229.—Of
stalls in the circus: qui in circo
totas tabernas tribulium causā
compararunt, Cic. Mur. 35, 73.—
II. In partic.
A. Of a merchant, mechanic, taverner,
etc., a booth, shop, workshop, stall,
inn, tavern (class.): "instructam ei
medicinae exercendae causā tabernam
dedit", Cic. Clu. 63, 178; cf.:
"instructam tabernam sic accipiemus,
quae et rebus et hominibus ad
negotiationem paratis constat", Dig.
50, 16, 185: taberna libraria, i. e. a
bookseller's shop, Cic. Phil. 2, 9,
21; "so simply taberna", Hor. S. 1, 4,
71; Mart. 1, 118, 10: "vinaria", Varr.
L. L. 8, 55 Müll.; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14,
24: "cretaria, unguentaria, Varr. l.
l.: casearia", Dig. 8, 5, 8, 5:
"argentaria", ib. 18, 1, 32; Liv. 26,
11, 7: "purpuraria", Dig. 32, 1, 91:
"sutrina", Tac. A. 15, 34; cf.: "ut
Alfenus vafer omni Abjecto instrumento
artis clausaque taberna Sutor erat",
Hor. S. 1, 3, 131: Liparea, Vulcan's
shop, Juv. 13, 45: "deversoria", an
inn, tavern, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 81; id.
Truc. 3, 2, 29; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23:
"cauponia", Dig. 33, 7, 13; cf.: "cum
in eandem tabernam devertissent", Cic.
Inv. 2, 4, 14: "occlusis tabernis",
id. Cat. 4, 8, 17: "concursare circum
tabernas", id. ib.: "occludere
tabernas", id. Ac. 2, 47, 144:
"salax", Cat. 37, 1; cf. Prop. 4 (5),
8, 19: "prope Cloacinae ad tabernas",
Liv. 3, 48, 5: "tabernam exercere",
Dig. 33, 7, 15; Suet. Aug. 4:
"tabernam vel officinam conductam
habuit", Dig. 5, 1, 19. —
B. Tres Tabernae, the Three Taverns, a
place on the Appian Way, near Ulubrae
and Forum Appii, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1;
2, 10; 2, 12, 2; 2, 13, 1; Vulg. Act.
28, 15. —
C. A passage, archway in the circus,
Cic. Mur. 35, 73. —
D. Poet.: "quae colis Durrachium
Adriae tabernam", the market, Cat. 36,
15.