Definition of "ergastulum" [ergastulum]

• In Roman antiquity, a prison for slaves attached to a Roman villa or farm; a house of correction. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "'ergastulum' could again breathe and see daylight: and here we have religion."
• "I am not made for battles in the sunlight — the flashing of swords troubles my sight; it is a disease, I lived too long in the ergastulum."
• "Spendius, who had spent three years in the ergastulum, was but imperfectly acquainted with the different quarters."