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littera (lītera)

  • 1 littera (lītera)

        littera (lītera) ae, f    [LI-], a letter, alphabetical sign, written sign of a sound: (epistula) Graecis conscripta litteris, Cs.: sus rostro si humi A litteram inpresserit: maximis litteris incisum: alqd litteris mandare, commit to writing, Cs.: salutaris, tristis (i. e. A and C on the ballots of jurors, for absolvo, condemno): provocatis ostentata inanibus litteris, as a pretence, L.: ad me litteram numquam misit, not a line.—A handwriting: accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae: Arguit ipsorum quos littera, Iu.— A writing, document, record: iunget nos littera, inscription, O.: littera poscetur, acknowledgment in writing, O.—Usu. plur: litterae publicae, records, C., Cs.: ratio omnis et omnes litterae, accounts: praetoris, edict. —Plur., a letter, epistle: mittuntur ad Caesarem ab Cicerone litterae, Cs.: meas acceperat litteras: nullas iis praeterquam ad te dedi litteras: per litteras mandare, ne, etc., Cs.: invitare alqm per litteras: liber litterarum missarum et adlatarum, a book of correspondence ; cf. sing: Quam legis a raptā Briseide littera venit, O.— Plur, written monuments, literature, books, literary works: litteras Graecas discere, S.: abest historia litteris nostris, is wanting in our literature: Graecae de philosophiā litterae, philosophical literature: damnum Hortensi interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere, L.: cupidissimus litterarum, N.—Fig., learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters: fac periclum in litteris, T.: erant in eo plurimae litterae: scire litteras, to be educated: homo sine ingenio, sine litteris: nescire litteras: litterarum cognitio: in litteris vivere.

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  • 2 littera

    littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

    quid hae locuntur litterae?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

    ipsae tibi narrabunt,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

    sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    priscarum litterarum notae,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

    maximis litteris incisum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

    lenis appellatio litterarum,

    id. Brut. 74, 159:

    suavis appellatio litterarum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 35:

    quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

    id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

    verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

    to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

    nescire litteras,

    not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

    scribere aureis litteris,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

    scientia litterarum,

    the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

    facere litteram or litteras,

    to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

    homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

    a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

    neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

    littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Sing.
    1.
    A word, a line:

    ad me litteram numquam misit,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

    locum ad litteram subjeci,

    Quint. 9, 1, 15.—
    2.
    A handwriting:

    Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

    arguit ipsorum quos littera,

    Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—
    B.
    Usually plur.
    1.
    Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

    ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

    id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    litteras mittere,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

    reddere alicui,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

    accipere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

    remittere,

    id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

    nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

    queri apud aliquem per litteras,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

    civitatum animos litteris temptare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

    L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

    Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

    quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

    Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—
    2.
    A writing, document, paper:

    litterae publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

    littera poscetur,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—
    3.
    An account-book:

    ratio omnis et litterae,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—
    4.
    An edict, ordinance:

    praetoris litterae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

    litteras revocavit,

    letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —
    5.
    Written monuments, records, literature:

    abest historia litteris nostris,

    is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    Graecae de philosophia litterae,

    philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

    id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

    Graecis litteris studere,

    id. Brut. 20, 78:

    damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

    id. ib. 33, 125:

    nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

    merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

    quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

    Etruscae,

    id. 9, 36, 3:

    paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

    Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—
    6.
    History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

    cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

    Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1.—
    7.
    Literary labor, composition:

    omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

    Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—
    8.
    An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—
    9.
    Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

    sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

    erant in eo plurimae litterae,

    id. Brut. 76, 265:

    homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

    id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

    fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

    litterarum scientia,

    id. Brut. 42, 153:

    litterarum coguitio,

    id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

    altiores litterae,

    magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

    quando scis, sine alios discere,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

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  • 3 (lītera)

        (lītera)    see littera.

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  • 4 litera

    lītĕra, v. littera.

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  • 5 Litterae

    littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

    quid hae locuntur litterae?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

    ipsae tibi narrabunt,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

    sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    priscarum litterarum notae,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

    maximis litteris incisum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

    lenis appellatio litterarum,

    id. Brut. 74, 159:

    suavis appellatio litterarum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 35:

    quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

    id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

    verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

    to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

    nescire litteras,

    not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

    scribere aureis litteris,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

    scientia litterarum,

    the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

    facere litteram or litteras,

    to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

    homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

    a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

    neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

    littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Sing.
    1.
    A word, a line:

    ad me litteram numquam misit,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

    locum ad litteram subjeci,

    Quint. 9, 1, 15.—
    2.
    A handwriting:

    Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

    arguit ipsorum quos littera,

    Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—
    B.
    Usually plur.
    1.
    Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

    ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

    id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    litteras mittere,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

    reddere alicui,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

    accipere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

    remittere,

    id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

    nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

    queri apud aliquem per litteras,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

    civitatum animos litteris temptare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

    L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

    Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

    quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

    Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—
    2.
    A writing, document, paper:

    litterae publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

    littera poscetur,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—
    3.
    An account-book:

    ratio omnis et litterae,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—
    4.
    An edict, ordinance:

    praetoris litterae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

    litteras revocavit,

    letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —
    5.
    Written monuments, records, literature:

    abest historia litteris nostris,

    is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    Graecae de philosophia litterae,

    philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

    id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

    Graecis litteris studere,

    id. Brut. 20, 78:

    damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

    id. ib. 33, 125:

    nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

    merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

    quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

    Etruscae,

    id. 9, 36, 3:

    paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

    Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—
    6.
    History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

    cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

    Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1.—
    7.
    Literary labor, composition:

    omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

    Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—
    8.
    An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—
    9.
    Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

    sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

    erant in eo plurimae litterae,

    id. Brut. 76, 265:

    homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

    id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

    fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

    litterarum scientia,

    id. Brut. 42, 153:

    litterarum coguitio,

    id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

    altiores litterae,

    magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

    quando scis, sine alios discere,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

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