adjective
ergastŭlārĭus
Meaning
- belonging to a workhouse
ergastŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. ergastulum,
I. of or belonging to a workhouse or house of correction (late Lat.).
I. Adj.:
servus, Amm. 14, 11 fin.—Also: in tenebris ergastularibus, Sid. Ep. 7, 9.—II. Subst.: ergastularii, ōrum, m. (sc. servi), overseers of a penitentiary, Col. 1, 8, 17.