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  • 21 titulus

    tĭtŭlus, i (collat. form, n.:

    HOC TITVLVM,

    Inscr. Fabr. 8, 47; Inscr. Cardin. Dipl. 22), m. [root ti- of tinô, timaô], a superscription, inscription, label, litle; a ticket, bill, placard, notice that a thing is to be sold or let (syn. index).
    I.
    Lit. (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.):

    aram condidit dedicavitque cum ingenti rerum ab se gestarum titulo,

    Liv. 28, 46, 16:

    virtutes in aevum Per titulos memoresque fastos Aeternet,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 4: dant munera templis;

    Addunt et titulum: titulus breve carmen habebat,

    Ov. M. 9, 793:

    cumque ducum titulis oppida capta legat,

    id. Tr. 4, 2, 20: titulus nomenque libelli. Ov. R. Am. 1:

    librorum,

    Quint. 2, 14, 4:

    titulum scribere,

    Col. 9, praef. §

    2: quorum titulus per barbara colla pependit,

    i. e. of slaves put up for sale, Prop. 4, 5, 51: paterae, quas cum titulo nominis Camilli ante Capitolium constat positas esse, Liv. 6, 4, 3:

    signa cum titulo lamnae aëneae inscripto,

    id. 23, 19, 18:

    patrem familias canibus objecit, cum hoc titulo,

    Suet. Dom. 10:

    cras bibet aliquid, cujus patriam titulumque senectus delevit,

    Juv. 5, 34:

    sepulcri,

    epitaph, id. 6, 230; cf.:

    cinerem sine titulo, sine nomine jacere,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; so of an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3:

    domus proscribebatur, si quis emere, si quis conducere vellet: venit Athenodorus, legit titulum auditoque pretio, etc.,

    the bill, the notice of sale, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7; cf. poet.:

    ite sub titulum lares,

    Tib. 2, 4, 54:

    sub titulum nostros misit lares,

    Ov. R. Am. 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Like our title for an honorable appellation, title of honor, glory:

    sustinere titulum consulatus,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 19:

    quos si titulus hic (sapientis) delectat,

    id. Tusc. 5, 10, 30:

    servatae pubis Achivae,

    Ov. M. 7, 56:

    qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 17; id. C. 4, 14, 4; id. S. 2, 3, 212:

    et domus est titulis utraque fulta suis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 32; Ov. F. 2, 16; 1, 602; id. M. 7, 448; 12, 334.—
    B.
    Repute, renown, fame:

    par titulo tantae gloriae fuit,

    Liv. 7, 1, 10; Stat. S. 2, 7, 62:

    prioris perpetrati belli titulus,

    Liv. 28, 41, 3; cf.:

    quid in purpurā istā aliud quam victoriarum mearum titulos geris?

    Just. 18, 7, 13:

    titulo Spartanae victoriae inflatus,

    Curt. 10, 10, 14:

    captae urbis titulo cedens,

    id. 6, 6, 33.—
    C.
    A sign, token:

    ciconia, titulus tepidi temporis,

    Petr. 55.—
    D.
    A cause or reason alleged, a pretence, pretext (so perh. not ante-Aug.; cf.:

    causa, nomen): non vos pro Graeciae libertate tantum dimicare: quamquam is quoque egregius titulus esset, etc.,

    Liv. 36, 17, 13:

    praetendere titulum belli,

    id. 37, 54, 13:

    honestiorem causam libertatis quam servitutis praetexi titulo,

    id. 34, 59, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    sub titulo aequandarum legum nostra jura oppressa,

    id. 3, 67, 9:

    sub honorificentissimo ministerii titulo,

    Vell. 2, 45, 4:

    ipse (probabatur) accepisse HS. decem milia foedissimo quidem titulo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

    transfugae titulo Babyloniam proficiscitur,

    Just. 1, 10, 16:

    erat hic quidem titulus cum Graecis coëundi,

    id. 5, 1, 8; 11, 10, 10; 15, 4, 13:

    titulum sollemnis officii occulto sceleri praeferentes,

    Curt. 5, 10, 12:

    titulus facinori speciosus praeferebatur,

    id. 7, 5, 20. —
    E.
    The title of a book (post-Aug.; cf.

    index): M. Tullius in ipsis librorum quos hac de re primum scripserat titulis,

    Quint. 2, 14, 4:

    materiam (libri) ex titulo cognosces,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3:

    cui vix voluminum suorum frontes maxime placent titulique,

    Sen. Tranq. 9, 6.

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  • 22 nōmen

        nōmen inis, n    [GNA-], a means of knowing, name, appellation: qui haec rebus nomina posuerunt: ludi, Pythia perdomitae serpentis nomine dicti, O.: eique morbo nomen est avaritia: canibus pigris... Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo, Iu.: puero ab inopiā nomen Egerio est inditum, L.: Aeneadasque meo nomen de nomine fingo, V.: Nomine quemque vocans, by name, V.: nomina dare, enlist, L.: ab re nomen habet (terra), is named for, L.: turris quae nomen ab insulā accepit (i. e. nominatur), Cs.: qui litteras exitialīs Demetrio sub nomine Flaminini adtulerant, in the name of, L.: me imperatoris nomine appellare, hail me imperator, Cs.: infaustum interluit Allia nomen, V.: Et diversa trahunt unum duo nomina pectus, i. e. mother and sister, O.— A gentile name (the middle name of a Roman freeman): apud illos Fabrorum nomen est amplissimum; cf. tamquam habeas tria nomina, i. e. as if you were a Roman, Iu.—In law: nomen alicuius deferre, to bring an accusation against, accuse: nomen huius de parricidio deferre: nomen recipere, to entertain an accusation: si quis Sthenium reum facere vellet, sese eius nomen recepturum.—Meton., a bond, note, demand, claim, debt. tibi certis nominibus pecuniam debere, on good bonds: falsum perscribere nomen?: nomina sua exigere, collect one's debts: in socios nomina transcribere, substitute the names of socii as debtors, L.: Qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen, to sue for a doubtful debt, Iu.: nomina se facturum, quā ego vellem die, create a written obligation by a bookentry.—A debtor: hoc sum adsecutus, ut bonum nomen existimer, i. e. a good payer.—With a gentile adj., a dominion, nation, power, army: gens infestissuma nomini Romano, S.: concitatis sociis et nomine Latino: Volscum nomen prope deletum est, L.—Poet., of one person: Silvius, Albanum nomen, tua proles, V.—Fig., name, fame, repute, reputation, renown: huius maius nomen fuit: magnum in oratoribus nomen habere: qui nomini officient meo, L.: Multi Lydia nominis, H.: sine nomine plebs, inglorious, V.—Poet., of things: Nec Baccho genus aut pomis sua nomina servat, V.— A title, pretext, pretence, color, excuse, account, sake, reason, authority, behalf: alio nomine abstulisse: legis agrariae simultatione atque nomine: haec a te peto amicitiae nostrae nomine: eo nomine, on that account: Quocumque nomine, for whatsoever purpose, H.: tuo nomine gratulabantur, on your account: Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi, on your behalf: quem tibi suo nomine commendo, for his own sake: aetatis nomine ‘filia’ dixit, on account of, O.: acceptā ex aerario pecuniā tuo nomine, on your responsibility: aes alienum meis nominibus solvere, contracted by me, S.— A name (opp. to reality): me nomen habere duarum legionum exilium (opp. exercitum habere tantum): magis nomen ad praesidium quam vires adferre, L.: sunt nomina ducum, L.: Nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides, O.
    * * *
    name, family name; noun; account, entry in debt ledger; sake; title, heading

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  • 23 scaena (scēna)

        scaena (scēna) ae, f, σκηνή.—In a theatre, the stage, boards, scene: hoc videbit in scaena: scaenae magnificentia: Vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris, a theatre, V.: scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. in tragedies, V.: tum silvis scaena coruscis, etc., i. e. an open space surrounded by the wood, V.—Fig., the public stage, public, publicity: quia maxima oratori quasi scaena videtur contio esse: quae si minus in scenā sunt, i. e. in public view: se a volgo et scaenā in secreta remorant Virtus, etc., H.—Prov.: tibi scenae serviendum est, i. e. keep yourself in public view.—A pretence, parade, pretext: scaenam ultro criminis parat, Ta.

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  • 24 causor

    causor ( causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and trans. [causa].
    I.
    In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—
    II.
    Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    multa,

    Lucr. 1, 398:

    aves aut omina dira,

    Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.:

    omina Visaque,

    Ov. M. 9, 768:

    nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros,

    id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

    ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante,

    Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13:

    negotia,

    Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.:

    valetudinem,

    id. H. 3, 59 fin.:

    adversam patris voluntatem,

    id. A. 13, 44:

    diei tempus,

    Curt. 4, 16, 18 al. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

    Verg. E. 9, 56.—
    (γ).
    With acc. [p. 305] and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —
    (δ).
    With quod:

    causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    causari accipere rationes,

    to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.

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  • 25 caussor

    causor ( causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and trans. [causa].
    I.
    In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—
    II.
    Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    multa,

    Lucr. 1, 398:

    aves aut omina dira,

    Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.:

    omina Visaque,

    Ov. M. 9, 768:

    nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros,

    id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

    ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante,

    Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13:

    negotia,

    Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.:

    valetudinem,

    id. H. 3, 59 fin.:

    adversam patris voluntatem,

    id. A. 13, 44:

    diei tempus,

    Curt. 4, 16, 18 al. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

    Verg. E. 9, 56.—
    (γ).
    With acc. [p. 305] and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —
    (δ).
    With quod:

    causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    causari accipere rationes,

    to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.

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  • 26 facies

    făcĭes, ēi (old form facies, rarely facii, Gell. 8, 14, 1:

    facie,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 36; dat. facie, facii, Gell. l. l.; plur. very rare; nom. and acc. facies, Vulg. Thren. 5, 12; id. Jer. 42, 12; dat. faciebus, Hier. Eph. 3, 5), f. [root fa- of fari, strengthened fac-; cf. fax, facetus].
    I.
    Orig., make, form, configuration, figure, shape.
    A.
    In gen. (= universa corporis forma; cf.: figura, species): Quidam faciem esse hominis putant os tantum et oculos et genas, quod Graeci prosôpon dicunt: quando facies sit forma omnis et modus et factura quaedam corporis totius, etc., Gell. 13, 29: Sardinia in Africo mari facie vestigii humani, Sall. H. ap. Gell. l. l.; Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 151 sq.; cf. Non. 52, 27 sq.:

    non est formosa, cujus crus laudatur aut brachium, sed illa, cujus universa facies admirationem singulis partibus abstulit,

    Sen. Ep. 33; cf. Lucr. 5, 1169 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 87.—
    2.
    Of things: Dae. Dicito, quid insit, et qua facie, memorato onmia... Pa. Sunt crepundia. Dae. Qua facie sunt? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 105 and 111:

    curvata in montis faciem circumstetit unda,

    Verg. G. 4, 361:

    haec facies Trojae, cum caperetur, erat,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 26; cf.

    urbium,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17 fin.:

    antequam Vesuvius faciem loci verteret,

    Tac. A. 4, 67:

    arboris,

    Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 55:

    vehiculi,

    Gell. 15, 30, 3:

    alia illi caeli,

    Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 58:

    ossa contusa in faciem pulveris,

    Gell. 10, 18, 3:

    longa quibus facies ovis erit,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 12 et saep. —
    3.
    Prov.: verte omnes tete in facies, i. e. resort to every expedient (an expression borrowed from, and alluding to, the changes of Proteus), Verg. A. 12, 891.—
    B.
    In partic., face, visage, countenance (most freq. in class. Lat.;

    syn.: os, vultus, frons, lineamenta): facies homini tantum: ceteris os aut rostra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    in facie vultuque nostro cum sint decem aut paulo plura membra, etc.,

    id. 7, 1, 1, § 8:

    non quaeruntur ea, quae nobis non possumus fingere, facies, vultus, sonus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

    prorsus in facie vultuque vecordia inerat,

    Sall. C. 15, 5:

    qua facie, qua statura,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41: uretur facies;

    urentur sole capilli,

    Tib. 1, 9, 15: cf. id. 1, 5, 43:

    sumit utrumque Inde habitum facies,

    Juv. 9, 20:

    peregrina,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 9; cf.:

    affers faciem novam,

    Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

    liberali (homo),

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 20:

    egregiā (virgo),

    of rare beauty, id. Phorm. 1, 2, 50:

    hispida,

    Hor. C. 4, 10, 5:

    cicatricosa,

    Quint. 4, 1, 61:

    adversa,

    id. 2, 13, 9:

    curvo nec faciem litore demovet,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 14:

    de facie quidem nosti,

    Cic. Pis. 32, 81:

    recta facie loqui,

    i. e. boldly, Juv. 6, 401 et saep.— Poet.:

    cura dabit faciem, facies neglecta peribit,

    a beautiful face, beauty, Ov. A. A. 3, 105.— Prov.: perfricare faciem, to lay aside shame, Plin. H. N. praef. § 4; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 160.
    II.
    Trop., external form, look, condition, appearance (class.):

    set qua faciest tuus sodalis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 113; id. Rud. 2, 7, 7:

    fateantur, in Maeandrii persona esse expressam faciem civitatis,

    Cic. Fl. 22, 13; cf.:

    (C. Popilius) senatus faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque Populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8, 23:

    una senum facies, cum voce trementia membra, etc.,

    Juv. 10, 198:

    quibus rebus immutata facies urbis erat,

    Sall. C. 31, 1:

    loci,

    Tac. A. 4, 67:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14; Quint. 3, 6, 88; 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    quarum (causarum) varia ac nova semper est facies,

    id. 2, 4, 28:

    plures eloquentiae facies,

    id. 12, 10, 69:

    (inventiunculae) facie ingenii blandiuntur,

    id. 8, 5, 22:

    nec ulla facies mali erat,

    Curt. 3, 11, 22:

    ad istam faciem est morbus qui me macerat,

    has that form, is of such a nature, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 73.—
    2.
    In partic., in Tac. for the class. species, external appearance, as opposed to reality, a pretence, pretext; publici consilii facie (= specie), Tac. H. 2, 54; id. A. 13, 28; Amm. 20, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for the class. aspectus, look, sight, aspect: quae scelerum [p. 715] facies? Verg. A. 6, 560:

    subita,

    Sil. 7, 367:

    decora,

    Plin. Pan. 56, 5:

    memoranda,

    id. ib. 35, 1:

    foeda,

    id. ib. 82, 8:

    vineae unam faciem contexunt,

    id. Ep. 5, 6, 9:

    exceptio, quae prima facie justa videatur,

    at first sight, Gai. Inst. 4, 1:

    prima facie,

    Dig. 16, 1, 13; Sen. Ep. 87, 1; id. Contr. 5, 10, 15.

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  • 27 fucosus

    fūcōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], painted, colored, beautified, counterfeit, spurious (Ciceron.):

    visae merces, fallaces quidem et fucosae, chartis et linteis et vitro delatae,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 40:

    vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis,

    id. Planc. 7, 22:

    ambitiosae fucosaeque amicitiae,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 2.
    1.
    † fūcus, i, m., = phukos, rock-lichen, orchil, used as a red dye for woollen goods, Lichen roccella, Linn., Plin. 26, 10, 66, § 103 sq.:

    ut lana tincta fuco citra purpuras placet,

    Quint. 12, 10, 75.—
    II.
    Transf., red or purple color.
    A.
    In gen.:

    infici vestes scimus admirabili fuco,

    Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; Hor. C. 3, 5, 28; id. Ep. 1, 10, 27 Orell. ad loc.; Ov. M. 6, 222 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Rouge, paint for the complexion:

    vetulae, quae vitia corporis fuco occulunt,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

    si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco tinxerit,

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 (3, 11, 10 M.):

    mangones colorem fuco, et rerum robur inani sagina mentiantur,

    Quint. 2, 15, 25.—
    2.
    Dross, alloy, adulteration:

    adulteratur (sal) rubrica aut testa trita, qui fucus aqua deprehenditur diluente,

    Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—
    3. III.
    Trop., pretence, disguise, deceit, dissimulation:

    his tribus figuris insidere quidam venustatis non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus debet color,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199; cf.:

    sententiae tam verae, tam novae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

    id. ib. 2, 45, 188:

    fuco ementitus color,

    Quint. 8, 3, 6:

    in oratoris aut in poëtae cincinnis ac fuco,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

    mercem sine fucis gestat,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

    nec sycophantiis nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

    sine fuco ac fallaciis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1: deum sese in hominem convertisse... fucum factum mulieri, i. e. to deceive, impose upon (vulg.), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 41:

    si eum, qui tibi promiserit, audieris fucum, ut dicitur, facere velle aut senseris,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35.

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  • 28 ostentatio

    ostentātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].
    I.
    In gen., a showing, exhibition, display (very rare). in armorum magis quam togarum ostentatione, Plin. Pan. 56 fin.:

    cognomen Imperiosi... ab ostentatione saevitiae ascitum,

    from an open display, Liv. 7, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    An idle show, vain display, pomp, parade, ostentation (the predom. signif. of the word):

    vitanda etiam ingenii ostentationis suspicio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 333:

    magnifica et gloriosa,

    id. Fl. 22, 52:

    insolens,

    id. Par. 6, 1, 42:

    et gloria,

    id. Rab. Post. 14, 38:

    inanis et simulatio,

    id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    et venditatio,

    id. Lael. 23, 86:

    sui,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 4.—In plur.: multorum annorum ostentationes meas nunc in discrimen esse adductas, that my many years' boastful promises (of an able administration) are now brought to the test, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1.—
    B.
    A false, deceitful show, pretence, simulation, deception:

    consul veritate, non ostentatione popularis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 23; cf.:

    ut in fronte ostentatio sit, intus veritas occultetur,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 77:

    doloris,

    feigned pain, Sen. Ep. 99, 15:

    (captivi) producti ostentationis causā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 71 fin.:

    qui latius ostentationis causā vagarentur,

    id. B. G. 7, 45.

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  • 29 calumnia

        calumnia ae, f    trickery, artifice, chicanery, cunning: cum omni calumniā senatūs auctoritas impediretur: triumphare calumniā paucorum, S.: res extracta variis calumniis.—A pretence, evasion, subterfuge: in istā calumniā delitescere: ne qua calumnia adhibeatur.—A misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil: effugere alicuius calumniam.—A false accusation, malicious charge, false prosecution: de templis spoliatis, L.: causam calumniae reperire: ab alquo per calumniam alqd petere.—A perversion of justice, bad faith in an action at law: personam calumniae civitati inponere, the character of a malicious prosecutor: calumniae accusationem relinquere.—A conviction for malicious prosecution: calumniam effugere: calumniam fictis eludere iocis, Ph.: calumniam in eum iurare, to swear that the prosecution is in good faith, L.
    * * *
    I
    charge; accusation
    II
    sophistry, sham; false accusation/claim/statement/pretenses/objection; quibble

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  • 30 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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  • 31 saltem (-tim)

        saltem (-tim) adv.    [3 SAL-], saved, save, at least, at the least, at all events, anyhow: si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit, T.: si nihil aliud, saltem ut eum videret: si cetera amisimus, hoc saltem ut nobis relinquatur.—Ellipt.: finge aliquid saltem commode, i. e. (since you cannot tell the truth) at least make a plausible pretence: saltem tenet hoc nos, H.—With a negative, not... at least, not even, nor even: illos, etsi non exhortatio, suum saltem dedecus cogere potuit, etc., L.

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  • 32 latebra

        latebra ae, f    [LAT-], a hiding-place, lurkinghole, covert, retreat: non invenio quae latebra esse possit, etc.—Usu. plur: latebris aut saltibus se eripere, Cs.: te in latebras impellere: latebras animae recludit, hidden seat of life, V.: teli latebras Rescindant penitus, i. e. cut out the arrowhead, V.—Fig., a lurking-place, hidden recess, retreat: adhibuit etiam latebram obscuritatis: in tabellae latebrā: latebras suspitionum peragrare. — A subterfuge, shift, cloak, pretence, feigned excuse: latebram haberes: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: latebras dare vitiis, O.
    * * *
    hiding place, retreat, lair; subterfuge

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  • 33 simulācrum

        simulācrum ī, n    [simulo], a likeness, image, figure, portrait, effigy, statue: eius simulacrum servare: deorum simulacra: templa adire, et ante simulacra proiecti, etc., Cs.: Vix positum Castris (the Palladium), V.: simulacra oppidorum: pugnarum, L.— An image, reflection, form, shade, phantom: quid frustra simulacra fugacia (in aquā visa) captas? O.: infelix Creüsae, ghost, V.: vana (noctis), O.: simulacra modis pallentia miris, V. — A mnemonic sign, figure, emblem: simulacris pro litteris uti.— A description, portraiture, characterization: viri copiosi, L.—Fig., a shadow, semblance, appearance, imitation, pretence: religionis simulacra fingere: aliquod civitatis: pugnaeque cient simulacra sub armis, mock-fights, V.: navalis pugnae, L.: simulacra libertatis senatui praebere, Ta.
    * * *
    likeness, image, statue

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  • 34 adumbratio

    ădumbrātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a sketch in shadow, à la silhouette, a perspective sketch or draft (cf. adumbro).
    I.
    Lit.:

    scenographia est frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio,

    Vitr. 1, 2.—
    II.
    Fig., a sketch, outline: nulla est laus oratoris, cujus in nostris orationibus non sit aliqua, si non perfectio, at conatus tamen atque adumbratio, * Cic. Or. 29.—Hence,
    B.
    A false show, the semblance of a thing, pretence:

    insidiosa beneficii adumbratio,

    Val. Max. 7, 3, 8; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44.

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  • 35 praescriptio

    praescriptĭo, ōnis, f. [praescribo].
    I.
    A writing before or in front, a prefixing in writing; hence, meton., a title, inscription, preface, introduction, commencement:

    praescriptio legis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 22:

    tribuniciae potestatis,

    Tac. A. 1, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A pretext, excuse, pretence:

    ut honestā praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32.—
    B.
    A precept, order, rule, law:

    dummodo illa praescriptio moderatioque teneatur,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    hanc normam, hanc regulam, hanc praescriptionem esse naturae, a quā, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 46, 140:

    rationis,

    id. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

    in hac praescriptione semi-horae,

    id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

    sine praescriptione generis aut numeri,

    without previous limitation, Tac. A. 6, 15.—
    C.
    In law, an exception, objection, demurrer:

    aut intentio, aut praescriptio habet controversiam,

    Quint. 7, 5, 2:

    praescriptionem alicui opponere,

    Dig. 44, tit. 1, 11.—
    2.
    Esp., a limitation of the subject-matter in a suit, by a form of words:

    praescriptiones autem appellatas ab eo, quod ante formulas praescribuntur,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 132; cf. id. ib. 4, 130 sqq.—
    D.
    Transf., a philosophical objection, a subtlety, sophism:

    exceptiones et praescriptiones philosophorum,

    Sen. Ep. 48, 12.—
    E.
    Limitation as to time, prescription, Dig. 18, 1, 76.

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