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  • 1 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):

    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.—
    II.
    In partic. (class.).
    A.
    A writing-tablet:

    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.—
    2.
    Hence, transf., in plur., a writing, written composition, letter, contract, will, etc.:

    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.—
    B. 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;

    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. —
    2.
    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;

    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. —
    C.
    A painted tablet, a small picture or painting:

    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.—
    D.
    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:

    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. —
    E.
    A fan:

    quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 38.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tabella

  • 2 Syrus

        Syrus adj., see Syriacus.     tabella ae, f dim.    [tabula], a small board: ternis instructa lapillis, i. e. gaming-board, O.: Heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit, frail plank (i. e. bark), O.: liminis, the door-sill, Ct.— A fan: quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu, O. — A little picture, small painting: ea (exedria) tabellis ornare: priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus, O.— A waxed tablet for writing, writing-tablet: tabellae Imponere manūs, O.: abiegnae, O.—In the comitia, a ballot, polling-ticket, vote: cerata tabella cerā legitimā, i. e. with wax of uniform color (to protect secrecy): tabellā consulem declarare, i. e. by ballot: tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est.—In a court of justice, a judge's ballot, juror's tablet, vote (inscribed with letters indicating his judgment or verdict, as C for condemno; A for absolvo; NL for non liquet): iudicialis: ternas tabellas dari ad iudicandum iis, etc., Cs.— A votive tablet, memorial tablet: votiva, H.: memores, O.— Plur, a writing, written composition, letter, epistle: tabellae laureatae, a despatch reporting a victory, L.: Cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas? O.: tabellas proferri iussimus.— A document, contract, deed, record: Heracliensium publicae, public records: tabellae quaestionis, minutes of the examination: falsae forged wills, Iu.: tabellis obsignatis agis mecum, i. e. you hold me strictly to what I have said.
    * * *
    I
    Syra, Syrum ADJ
    Syrian, of Syria
    II
    Syrian, native of Syria; (esp. as a slave); (name of a slave)

    Latin-English dictionary > Syrus

  • 3 limen

    līmen, ĭnis, n. [Gr. lechris, loxos; Lat. obliquus, līmus; hence prop. a cross-piece], a threshold; the head-piece or foot-piece of a doorway, the lintel or the sill (limen superum et inferum).
    I.
    Lit.:

    limen superum inferumque, salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1: limen superum, quod mihi misero saepe confregit caput: Inferum autem, ubi ego omnis digitos defregi meos, Novius ap. Non. 336, 14:

    sensim super attolle limen pedes, nova nupta,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:

    imponere foribus,

    Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96:

    ad limen consulis adesse,

    Liv. 2, 48:

    curiae,

    id. 3, 41:

    primo limine,

    at the outer threshold, Juv. 1, 96.— Plur. ( poet.):

    haec limina, intra quae puer est,

    Juv. 14, 45; 220.—The moment of touching the threshold was regarded as ominous:

    ter limen tetigi,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 55.—Prov.: salutare a limine, to greet in passing, i. e. to touch upon slightly, not go deeply into, Sen. Ep. 49, 6.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A door, entrance:

    ubi hanc ego tetulero intra limen,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 19:

    intrare intra limen,

    id. Men. 2, 3, 63:

    intra limen cohibere se,

    to keep within doors, id. Mil. 3, 1, 11:

    marmoreo stridens in limine cardo,

    Verg. Cir. 222; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 73:

    fores in liminibus profanarum aedium januae nominantur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67:

    ad valvas se templi limenque convertisse,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 105:

    penetrare aulas et limina regum,

    the courts and doors, Verg. G. 2, 504:

    ipso in limine portae,

    id. A. 2, 242; cf.:

    tremuitque saepe limite in primo sonipes,

    Sen. Agam. 629:

    famuli ad limina,

    doorkeepers, porters, Sil. 1, 66:

    in limine portūs,

    at the very entrance of the haven, Verg. A. 7, 598:

    densos per limina tende corymbos,

    Juv. 6, 52.—
    2.
    Still more gen., a house, dwelling, abode:

    matronae nulla auctoritate virorum contineri limine poterant,

    in the house, at home, Liv. 34, 1:

    ad limen consulis adesse, etc.,

    id. 2, 48:

    limine pelli,

    Verg. A. 7, 579.—
    3.
    Poet., the barrier in a race-course:

    limen relinquunt,

    Verg. A. 5, 316.—
    II.
    Trop., both entrance and exit.
    A.
    A beginning, commencement ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    leti limine in ipso,

    Lucr. 6, 1157:

    in limine belli,

    Tac. A. 3, 74:

    in ipso statim limine obstare,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1:

    in limine victoriae,

    Curt. 6, 3, 10; 6, 9, 17; 9, 10, 26:

    a limine ipso mortis revocatus,

    Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; Sen. Ep. 22, 16; Just. 14, 3, 9.—
    B.
    An end, termination (post-class.):

    in ipso finitae lucis limine,

    App. M. 11, p. 267, 18; cf.:

    limina sicut in domibus finem quendam faciunt, sic et imperii finem limen esse veteres voluerunt,

    Just. Inst. 1, 12, § 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > limen

  • 4 līmen

        līmen inis, n    [2 LAC-], a cross-piece, threshold, head-piece, lintel, sill: primo Limine, at the outer threshold, Iu.: Ter limen tetigi (an omen), O.: haec limina, Intra quae puer est, Iu.— A door, entrance: limen exire, T.: intrare: marmoreum, H.: fores in liminibus aedium ianuae nominantur: templi, Cs.: in limine portūs, the very entrance, V.: Ausoniae, border, V.— A house, dwelling, abode: contineri limine, at home, L.: limine pelli, V.: deorum Limina, temples, V.— The barrier (in a race-course): limen relinquunt, V.—Fig., a beginning: belli, Ta.: in limine victoriae, on the eve, Cu.: mortis, Ct.
    * * *
    threshold, entrance; lintel; house

    Latin-English dictionary > līmen

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