CELLAR (Cellarium), in ancient writers, denotes
the same with cella, viz. a conservatory of eatables, or
drinkables.
Cellar differs from vault, as the latter is supposed to
be deeper, the former being frequently little below the
surface of the ground. In which sense, cellarium also
differed from penus, as the former was only a storehouse
for several days, the latter for a long time. Thus it
is the bactroperæ, a sort of ancient Cynics, are said
by St Jerome to carry their cellar about with them.
Cellarium also denoted an allowance of bread, wine,
oil, or other provision, furnished out of the cella, to
the use of the governor of the province and his officers,
&c. In which sense, the word amounts to much the
same with annonæ.