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a pointed instrument

  • 1 stilus

    stĭlus (not stylus), i, m. [for stiglus; Gr. stizô, to stick, puncture; stigma, mark, point; Sanscr. tig, to be sharp; tigmas, sharp; cf. Engl. stick, sting; Lat. stimulus; not connected with stulos].
    I.
    In gen., a stake, pale: extra vallum stili caeci, concealed stakes, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 5; cf. Sil. 10, 415 (for which stimuli, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.):

    ligneus,

    Amm. 23, 4, 5; 15, 10, 5.—In agriculture, a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly, etc., Col. 11, 3, 53; Pall. Mart. 10, 20.—Of the stem or stalk of many plants (e. g. of the asparagus), Col. 11, 3, 46; 11, 3, 58; 5, 10, 13; 5, 10, 21.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A style used by the Romans for writing on waxen tablets (pointed, and usually made of iron):

    effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 76; 4, 9, 73; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

    cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, flaccebat oratio,

    Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

    orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae,

    with an Attic pen, id. ib. 45, 167; so,

    (comoediae quaedam) resipiant stilum Plautinum,

    Gell. 3, 3, 13.—And with reference to the ecenomical use, in a double sense, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.—Writing on wax was erased with the broad upper end of the style; hence the phrase stilum vertere, for to erase what one has written, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101:

    saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint, Scripturus,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 73.—But cf.:

    et mihi vertenti stilum in Gallias,

    i. e. turning to write of, Amm. 29, 3, 1.—Comically:

    stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito,

    i. e. with elm switches, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131 (cf. conscribo).—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    = scriptio and scriptura, a setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; manner of writing, mode of composition:

    stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; 1, 60, 257; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 190; Quint. 1, 9, 2; cf.:

    multus stilus et assidua lectio,

    id. 10, 7, 4:

    stilus exercitatus,

    i. e. a practised pen, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

    tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 28:

    neglegens,

    id. 2, 4, 13:

    multus,

    id. 10, 1, 1:

    tardus,

    id. 10, 3, 5:

    rudis et confusus,

    id. 1, 1, 28:

    fidelis,

    id. 10, 7, 7:

    stilo incumbere,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 9:

    aliquid stilo prosequi,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 8;

    2, 3, 3: signare stilo,

    Vell. 1, 16, 1:

    non ita dissimili sunt argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione sunt factae ac stilo,

    in speech and writing, Ter. And. prol. 12 (for which:

    oratione et scripturā,

    id. Phorm. prol. 5); cf.:

    unus sonus est totius orationis et idem stilus,

    the same tone and the same style of composition run through the whole speech, Cic. Brut. 26, 100:

    artifex stilus,

    an artistic style, id. ib. 25, 96:

    familiares opes velut supremo distribuens stilo,

    i. e. by his last will, Amm. 25, 3, 21.—
    2.
    A manner of speaking, mode of expression, style in speaking (post-Aug. and very rare; not as early as Quint.;

    in class. Lat. sermo, oratio, dictio, dicendi modus, ars, genus or forma): stilus pressus demissusque,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

    pugnax et quasi bellatorins,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 7:

    laetior,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 10; cf.:

    diligentis stili anxietas,

    Tac. Or. 39:

    (Octavius) tragoediam magno impetu exorsus, non succedente stilo, abolevit,

    Suet. Aug. 85:

    affectatione obscurabat stilum,

    id. Tib. 70:

    stili dicendi duo sunt: unus est maturus et gravis, alter ardens erectus et infensus, etc.,

    Macr. S. 5, 1; 6, 3.—
    * 3.
    A decision, verdict, opinion, App. M. 10, p. 242, 20.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stilus

  • 2 stilus

        stilus (not stylus), ī, m    [STIG-], a pointed instrument ; hence, in a double sense: si meus stilus ille fuisset, ut dicitur, had that weapon been mine, had I been the author of that tragedy: hic stilus haud petet ultro Quemquam, my pe<*> will stab no one wantonly, H.—For writing on waxen tablets, an iron pencil, style: orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae, with an Attic pen: luxuries, quae stilo depascenda est, i. e. to be moderated by practice in writing: vertit stilum in tabulis suis, i. e. makes erasures (with the broad upper end of the style): Saepe stilum vertas, H.— A writing, composition, practice of composing: stilus optimus dicendi effector: exercitatus, a practised pen.—A manner of writing, mode of expression, style: Dissimili oratione sunt factae (fabulae) ac stilo, in language and style, T.: artifex stilus, an artistic style.
    * * *
    stylus, pencil, iron pen; column, pillar

    Latin-English dictionary > stilus

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