Sera; Claustrum; Pessulus; Repagulum; Obex
Sera; Claustrum; Pessulus; Repagulum; Obex. Serae and claustra are bolts; sera (seruisse, εἴρειν) a movable bolt, that is put on the door; claustrum, a bolt that is fastened to the door; whereas pessuli, repagula, and obices, are merely bars, which supply the place of bolts; pessulus (πάσσαλος) a smaller bar for the fores, Plaut. Aul. i. 2, 25. Ter. Heaut. ii. 3, 47; whereas repagulum (from πῆξαι), pangere, a greater bar for the valvae, Cic. Verr. iv. 43. Plin. H. N. xvi. 42, and obex (from objicere) for the portae, Tac. H. iii. 30. Ann. xiii. 39. (v. 292.)