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LNS

catasta, catastae

κατάστασις

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a scaffold, stage
On which slaves were exposed for sale
For the public burning
For delivering a lecture

Abbreviations

catasta, ae, f. κατάστασις (postAug.), a scaffold, stage, On which slaves were exposed for sale, Tib. 2, 3, 60; Pers. 6, 77 Schol.; Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 200; Suet. Gram. 13; Stat. S. 2, 1, 72.

— For the public burning (of criminals, martyrs, etc.), Prud. στεφ. 1, 56; 2, 399 al.

— For delivering a lecture, Rutil. 1, 393; Cypr. Ep. 28.