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1 absolutio
absŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f. [absolvo].I.In judicial lang., an absolving, acquittal:II. A.sententiis decem et sex absolutio confici poterat,
Cic. Clu. 27:annus decimus post virginum absolutionem,
id. Cat. 3, 4: majestatis (for de majestate), an acquittal from crimen majestatis, id. Fam. 3, 11.—In Suet. in plur.: reis absolutiones venditare, Vesp. 16.—In gen.:B.virtus quae rationis absolutio definitur,
Cic. Fin. 5, 14:hanc absolutionem perfectionemque in oratore desiderans,
this finish and perfection, id. de Or. 1, 28, 130; so id. Inv. 2, 30.—Esp., in rhet., completeness, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32. -
2 albus
albus, a, um, adj. [cf. Umbr. alfu and Sab. alpus = white; alphos = white rash; O. H. Germ. Elbiz = a swan; to this have been referred also Alba Longa, Albunea, Alpes from their snowy summits (Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), Albion from its chalky cliffs, Alpheios, and Albis = Elbe], white (properly dead white, not shining; e. g. hair, complexion, garments, etc., opp. ater, black that is without lustre; while candidus denotes a glistening, dazzling white, opp. niger, shining black.—Hence, trop., albus and ater, a symbol of good or ill fortune; on the other hand, candidus and niger of moral worth or unworthiness; cf. Doed. Syn. III. 193 sq.—So Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82: aliud est candidum, i. e. quādam nitenti luce perfusum esse; aliud album, quod pallori constat esse vicinum; cf. Verg. E. 7, 38: Candidior cycnis, hederā formosior albā, with id. ib. 3, 39: diffusos hederā vestit pallente corymbos; but this distinction is freq. disregarded by the poets).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.barba,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:corpus,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 115:color albus praecipue decorus deo est, maxime in textili,
Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: albus calculus, the small white stone used in voting, as a sign of acceding to the opinion of any one, or of the acquittal of one who is under accusation (opp. ater calculus;v. calculus).— Hence, trop.: alicui rei album calculum adicere,
to allow, approve of, authorize, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—In Enn. an epithet of the sun and moon: sol, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 92 Vahl.): jubar Hyperionis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 ib.).—The following are examples of the opposition of albus and niger (instead of ater) as exceptions to the gen. rule; so always in Lucr. (who also uses albus and candidus or candens promiscuously), 2, 810; 822 sqq.; 731 sq.; 790; 767-771. Once in Cic.: quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere, Div. 2, 3; so Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Ov. M. 2, 541; cf. with id. ib. 2, 534 and 535; also id. ib. 12, 403; 15, 46; id. H. 15, 37 al.:albi et nigri velleris,
Vulg. Gen. 30, 35:non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,
ib. Matt. 5, 36.—Esp.1.Pale, from sickness, terror, care, and the like:2.aquosus albo Corpore languor, of dropsical persons,
Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:pallor,
id. Epod. 7, 15:vivat et urbanis albus in officiis,
pale from the cares of his public office, Mart. 1, 56 fin. et saep. —Of clothing, white: alba decent Cererem;3.vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,
Ov. F. 4, 619:vidit duos Angelos in albis,
Vulg. Joan. 20, 12; ib. Apoc. 3, 4.—Hence, poet. transf. to the person, clothed in white, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36: pedibus qui venerat albis, who had come with white feet, i. e. marked with chalk, as for sale, Juv. 1, 111 (cf. gypsatus and also Plin. 35, 17, 58, §§ 199-201; Mayor ad 1. 1.).—Prov. phrases.a.Dentibus albis deridere, to deride one by laughing so as to show the teeth, for to deride much, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48 (cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 26).—b.Albus an ater sit, nescio or non curo, I know not, care not whether he is white or black, i. e. he is entirely indifferent to me:c.vide, quam te amārit is, qui albus aterve fueris ignorans, fratris filium praeteriit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 16:unde illa scivit, ater an albus nascerer,
Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Cat. 93, 2; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 38.—Albo rete aliquid oppugnare, to attack or seize upon something with a white net, i. e. in a delicate, skilful manner:d.qui hic albo rete aliena oppugnant bona,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22 (so the passage seems to be more simply explained than acc. to the opinion of Gron.: qui albo (by the register of the prætor) tamquam rete, which omission of the tamquam is a Horatian, but not a Plautinian idiom). —Albā lineā aliquid signare, to make a white line upon a white ground, i. e. to make no distinction: et amabat omnes, nam ut discrimen non facit... signat linea alba, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 28 (where the common editions have neque before signare, which gives the expression a directly opposite sense): albā, ut dicitur, lineā sine curā discriminis convertebant, Gell. praef. 11.—* e.Alba avis, a white sparrow, for something rare, uncommon, strange:* f.quasi avem albam videntur bene sentientem civem videre,
Cic. Fam. 7, 28 (quasi novum quiddam; proverbium ex eo natum, quia rarae aves albae, Manut. ad h. 1.).—Filius albae gallinae, fortune's favorite child, Juv. 13, 141, prob. an allusion to the miracle that happened to Livia in regard to a white hen, v. Plin. 15, 30, 40; Suet. Galb. 1 (Ruperti ad h. 1, refers this expression to the unfruitfulness of a white hen, and conpares Col. R. R. 8, 2, 7).—* g.Equis albis praecurrere aliquem, to excel, surpass one, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 (the figure being drawn from the white horses attached to a triumphal chariot; cf. Suet. Ner. 25; id. Dom. 2).—II.Trop.A.Favorable, fortunate, propitious:B.simul alba nautis Stella refulsit,
i. e. the twin-star Castor, favorable to sailors, Hor. C. 1, 12, 27:dies,
Sil. 15, 53:sint omnia protinus alba,
Pers. 1, 110.—Poet. and act., of the wind, making clear or bright, dispersing the clouds; hence, dry:III.Notus,
Hor. C. 1, 7, 15 (as a transl. of the Gr. leukonotos):iapyx,
id. ib. 3, 27, 19 (cf.:clarus aquilo,
Verg. G. 1, 460).—Whence,album, i, n., whiteness.A.White color, white:2.maculis insignis et albo,
Verg. G. 3, 56;sparsis pellibus albo,
id. E. 2, 41:columnas polire albo,
to make white, whiten, Liv. 40, 51.—Hence,Esp.,a.The white of the eye:b.oculorum,
Cels. 2, 6; so id. 7, 7, n. 6 and 12.—The white of an egg:c.ovi,
Cels. 6, 6, n. 7.—In Col. 6, 17, 7, a white spot on the eye, i. e. a disease of it, = albugo.—B.In the lang. of polit. life, a white tablet, on which any thing is inscribed (like leukôma in Gr.).1.The tablets on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year, the Annales maximi (v. annales): in album referre, to enter or record in, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52; Liv. 1, 32, 2.—2.The tablets of the prœtor, on which his edicts were written, and which were posted up in some public place, Paul. Sent. l. 1, t. 14.—Hence, sedere ad album, to be employed with the edicts of the prœtor, Sen. Ep. 48:3.se ad album transferre,
Quint. 12, 3, 11 Spald.—Esp., a list of names, a register, e. g. Album senatorium, the tablet on which the names of the senators were enrolled, the roll, register, which, by the order of Augustus, was to be posted up annually in the senate-house, Diom. 55, 3, and Fragm. 137:aliquem albo senatorio eradere,
Tac. A. 4, 42 fin. —Also, the list of the judges chosen by the quœstors:aliquem albo judicum eradere,
Suet. Claud. 16; so id. Dom. 8.—And transf. to other catalogues of names:citharoedorum,
Suet. Ner. 21. -
3 ab-solvō
ab-solvō solvī, solūtus, ere.—Fig., to set free, release, discharge: a Fannio iudicio se absolvere, to avoid the suit of Fannius: donec se caede hostis absolvat, i. e. from disgrace, by killing, etc., Ta.— Esp., judicially, to acquit, declare innocent, absolve: causā cognitā possunt multi absolvi: pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere, for an acquittal: nemo absolvit, voted to acquit: honeste absolvi, to be acquitted without bribery: alqm comitiis: iudicio absolvi: alqm maiestatis, on a capital charge: te improbitatis: culpae, O.: ambitu: regni suspicione consulem, from suspicion of aspiring to the throne, L.: de praevaricatione absolutus: cedo invidiae, dummodo absolvar cinis, i. e. provided my integrity be recognized after death, Ph.: hominem Veneri absolvit, sibi condemnat, absolves him from obligation to Venus. — To pay off, satisfy, pay: hunc, T.—To complete, bring to an end: de Catilinae coniuratione paucis absolvam, S. — In gen., to complete, finish, bring to an end: tectum: opera, Cs. -
4 liberatio
lībĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [libero], a freeing or becoming free, a delivering, releasing, release, liberation.I.In gen.:II.ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:malorum,
Quint. 5, 10, 33:culpae,
Cic. Lig. 1, 1:rempublicam sub obtentu liberationis invadere,
of setting it at liberty, Just. 5, 8, 12.—In partic.A. B.In jurid. Lat., a discharge or release from debt, a payment:liberationis verbum eandem vim habet quam solutionis,
Dig. 50, 16, 47:liberationem debitori legare,
i. e. remission, ib. 34, 3, 3; cf.: de liberatione legata, of releasing from a debt by last will or testament, ib. 34, tit. 3. -
5 līberātiō
līberātiō ōnis, f [libero], a freeing, releasing, release, liberation: omnis molestiae: libidinosissimae liberationes, acquittals.* * *liberation/setting free, release/deliverance (from) (debt); acquittal/discharge -
6 absolutorium
I.Adj.:II.tabellae, damnatoria et absolutoria,
Suet. Aug. 33:judicia, Gai,
Dig. 4, 114.—Subst.: absŏlūtōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. remedium), a means of deliverance from:ejus mali,
Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63. -
7 absolutorius
I.Adj.:II.tabellae, damnatoria et absolutoria,
Suet. Aug. 33:judicia, Gai,
Dig. 4, 114.—Subst.: absŏlūtōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. remedium), a means of deliverance from:ejus mali,
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8 calculus
calcŭlus, i, m. dim. [2. calx; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46].I.In gen., a small stone, a pebble:B.conjectis in os calculis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:Demosthenes calculos linguā volvens dicere domi solebat,
Quint. 11, 3, 54; Vitr. 7, 2:argilla et dumosis calculus arvis,
gravel in the thorny fields, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 180; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 37; 28, 9, 33, § 124.—Trop., of discourse:II.qui tenui venulā per calculos fluunt,
Quint. 12, 10, 25.—Esp.A.A stone in the bladder or kidneys, the gravel, stone, Cels. 7, 26:B.curare,
Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 234:comminuere et eicere,
id. 20, 4, 13, § 23; cf.eicere,
Suet. Aug. 80:movere,
Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 248:exturbare,
id. 20, 10, 42, § 109:frangere,
id. 22, 21, 29, § 59:rumpere,
id. 23, 8, 80, § 153. —A draughtsman, a stone or counter used in playing draughts. called duodecim scripta, in which, as in chess, by driving a piece from one square to another, the person beaten could not finally move at all (ad incitas redactus est):2.in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset, etc.,
Quint. 11, 2, 38; cf. Ov. A. A. 2, 207; 3, 357; id. Tr. 2, 478; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5; Mart. 14, 20; Isid. Orig. 18, 67:calculorum ludus,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 165.—Trop.: calculum reducere, to take back a move: tibi concedo, quod in XII. scriptis solemus, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati paenitet, Cic. ap. Non. p. 170, 28 (Hortens. Fragm. 51 B. and K.): quā re nunc saltem ad illos calculos revertamur, quos tum abjecimus, i. e. those principles of action, id. Att. 8, 12, 5.—C.A stone used in reckoning on the counting-board; hence meton., a reckoning, computing, calculating:2.calculi et rationes,
Quint. 11, 3, 59; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 14;12, 11, 18 Spald.: calculos subducere,
to compute, reckon, cast up, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60:ponere,
Col. 3, 3, 7:ponere cum aliquo,
Plin. Pan. 20, 5:de posteris cogitanti in condicionibus deligendus ponendus est calculus,
id. ib. 1, 14, 9:amicitiam ad calculos vocare,
to subject to an accurate reckoning, hold to a strict account, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:si ad calculos eum respublica vocet,
settles accounts, reckons, Liv. 5, 4, 7:revocare aliquid ad calculos,
Val. Max. 4, 7, 1:ratio calculorum,
Col. 1, 3, 8.—Trop.:D.cum aliquā re parem calculum ponere,
i.e. to render equal for equal, Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 1:quos ego movi calculos,
considerations which I have suggested, id. ib. 2, 19, 9.—In the most ancient per., a stone used in voting; a vote, sentence, decision, suffrage; a white one for assent or acquittal, a black for denial or condemnation; cf. Ov. M. 15, 41 sq.; App. M. 10, p. 242.— Hence judicialis, Imp. Just. Cod. 3, 1, 12: deteriorem reportare, i. e. an adverse decision, Impp. Diocl. et Max. Cod. 7, 62, 10:E.calculis omnibus,
by a unanimous vote, App. M. 7, p. 191, 21.— Trop.:si modo tu fortasse errori nostro album calculum adjeceris,
i. e. approve, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—The Thracians were accustomed to preserve the recollection of fortunate occurrences by white stones, and of unfortunate by black, Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131.—Hence,2.Trop.:F.o diem laetum, notandumque mihi candidissimo calculo!
i. e. a most happy day! Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 3; cf. Mart. 12, 34, 9, § 53; Pers. 2, 1 sq.—In late Lat., a small weight: calculus constat ex granis ciceris duobus, Auct. Ponder ap. Goes. Agr. p. 322 (in Isid. Orig. 16, 25, 8, called calcus). -
9 tabella
tăbella, ae ( nom. plur. TABELAI, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. I. R. 196). f. dim. [tabula].I.In gen., a small board, a little table or tablet (rare and mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):II.liminis,
i. e. the door-sill, Cat. 32, 5:tabella aerea,
a brass plate, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19: hos (libellos) eme, quos artat brevibus membrana tabellis, little tablets, i. e. small pages, Mart. 1, 3, 3:parva tabella capit ternos utrimque lapillos,
small gamingboards, Ov. A. A. 3, 365; id. Tr. 2. 481:pistor multiplices struit tabellas,
i. e. thin cakes, Mart. 11, 31, 9.—Of the basket or cradle in which Romulus and Remus were exposed:heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit,
the little bark, Ov. F. 2, 408.—In partic. (class.).A.A writing-tablet:2.tabellis pro chartis utebantur antiqui, quibus ultro citro, sive privatim sive publice opus erat, certiores absentes faciebant, unde adhuc tabellarii dicuntur: et tabellae missae ab imperatoribus,
Fest. p. 359 Müll.:tabellae Imponere manus,
Ov. P. 4, 2, 27:abiegnae,
id. A. A. 3, 469:litteras tabellae insculpere,
Quint. 1, 1, 27:fecit et Libyn puerum tenentem tabellam,
Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59.—Hence, transf., in plur., a writing, written composition, letter, contract, will, etc.:B.tabellas proferri jussimus... Recitatae sunt tabellae in eandem fere sententiam,
Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:allatae sunt tabellae ad eam a Stratippocle, eum argentum sumpsisse,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 68:ex tabellis jam faxo scies,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 47:tabellas consignare,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 86:tu quidem tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
with sealed writings, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:publicae Heracleensium,
public records, id. Arch. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 43, 16, 13:tabellae quaestionis plures proferuntur,
minutes of evidence, Cic. Clu. 65, 184:cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas?
Ov. Am. 3, 14, 31:rasae,
id. A. A. 1, 437:nuptiis tabellas dotis ipse consignavit,
the marriage contract, Suet. Claud. 29:falsas signare tabellas,
forged wills, Juv. 8, 142:laureatae,
a letter announcing a victory, Liv. 45, 1, 8.— Sing. (rare):testimonium per tabellam dare,
in writing, Tac. Or. 36: ex tabellā pronuntiare sententiam, Suet. Claud. 15.—A tablet for voting, a ballot.1.In the comitia, used in electing a magistrate or deciding upon the acceptance of a proposed law: in the former case the elector wrote down the name of a candidate; in the latter, each voter received two tablets, on one of which were the letters U. R., i. e. uti rogas, denoting approval;2.on the other, A., i. e. antiquo (for the old law), denoting rejection: me universa civitas non prius tabellā quam voce priorem consulem declaravit,
Cic. Pis. 1, 3:an ego exspectem, dum de te quinque et septuaginta tabellae dirimantur?
id. ib. 40, 96:tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est,
id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; cf.:si populo grata est tabella, quae frontis aperit hominum,
id. Planc. 6, 16. —In courts of justice; here each judge usually received three tablets; one of which, inscribed A., i. e. absolvo, denoted acquittal; another, with C., i. e. condemno, written on it, denoted condemnation;C.and the third, with N. L., i. e. non liquet (it is not clear), left the case undecided: cum tabella vobis dabitur, judices, non de Flacco dabitur solum: dabitur de bonis omnibus,
Cic. Fl. 39, 99:huic judicialis tabella committetur?
id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:de quibusdam etiam imperitus judex dimittere tabellam potest,
give his vote, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 5:quamlibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Caes. B. C. 3, 83; cf. Suet. Aug. 33. —A painted tablet, a small picture or painting:D.ea (exhedria) volebam tabellis ornare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 71:inveniat plures nulla tabella modos,
id. ib. 2, 680:comicae tabellae,
Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114; cf.:cubicula tabellis adornavit,
Suet. Tib. 43:Tyrrhena sigilla, tabellas, Sunt qui non habeant,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:Pausiaca,
id. S. 2, 7, 95.—A votive tablet, hung up in a temple, and on which one acknowledged by writing or painting the favor or aid he had received from a deity:E.nunc, dea, nunc succurre mihi, nam posse mederi, Picta docet templis multa tabella tuis,
Tib. 1, 3, 28:et posita est meritae multa tabella deae,
Ov. F. 3, 268:votiva,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 33; so Juv. 12, 27:memores,
Ov. M. 8, 744. —A fan:quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 38.
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