plot

con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to blow or breathe together, to sound together.

Lit.:

aereaque adsensu conspirant cornua rauco,

Verg. A. 7, 615 (et tubae simul inflabantur, Serv.).—Far more freq. and in good prose,

Trop.

To harmonize, agree, accord: conspirans mutuus ardor, * Lucr. 4, 1216; cf.:

tanta rerum consentiens, conspirans, continuata cognatio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28:

consilium omnis vitae consentiens et paene conspirans,

id. Tusc. 5, 25, 72; id. Lig. 12, 34; Col. 3, 13, 7: in quibus (operibus) plurium conatus, praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce, conspirat, * Quint. 1, 10, 16:

talis... animus, ut multae in illo artes... multarum aetatum exempla, sed in unum conspirata,

harmoniously blending, Sen. Ep. 84, 10.—

To agree together in thought or feeling, to accord, unite, combine.

In a good sense:

conligite vos, conspirate nobiscum, consentite cum bonis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26:

mirabiliter populus Romanus universus et omnium generum ordinumque consensus ad liberandam rem publicam conspiravit,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 4; cf. id. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Col. 3, 13, 7.— Impers.: in commune conspirabatur ab utroque (Cic. Oecon.?) 12 praef. § 8. —

Part.: conspiratus, mid., having agreed, combined; acting in concert:

milites legionis VIII. subito conspirati pila conjecerunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 Kraner ad loc.—

In a bad sense, to plot together, to enter into a conspiracy, to conspire (so freq. in the histt. after the Aug. per., esp. in Suet.).

Absol.: priusquam plures civitates conspirarent, Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 46; Suet. Caes. 9; id. Galb. 10.—

With in and acc.:

in injuriam,

Liv. 3, 36, 9; 3, 56, 12:

in caedem alicujus,

Tac. A. 15, 68:

in necem,

Just. 16, 5, 12:

in destinatam mortem,

id. 20, 3, 4:

in facinus,

Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 21:

in Augustum,

Suet. Tib. 8.—Cf. impers.:

conspiratum est in eum a sexaginta amplius,

Suet. Caes. 80. —

With ad:

ad res novas,

Suet. Claud. 13.—

With ut:

ut Senatum adorirentur,

Suet. Caes. 9.—

With ne:

conspirasse corporis partes, ne manus ad os cibum ferrent,

Liv. 2, 32, 10.—

With inf.:

perdere aliquem,

Suet. Claud. 37.—

Part.: conspīrātus, a, um, having conspired, having entered into a conspiracy:

his conspiratis factionum partibus,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 4. —And subst.: conspīrāti, ōrum, m., like conjurati, the conspirators, Suet. Caes. 82; id. Galb. 19; id. Dom. 17; id. Ner. 43.— Hence, * conspīrātē, adv., with one accord, unanimously; in comp.:

conspiratius ad arma concurrere,

Just. 3, 5, 3.

con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spira], to coil up (very rare):

anguis se conspiravit,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 22.

con-sŭo, sŭi, sūtum, 3, v. a.

To sew, stitch, or join together (very rare; mostly ante- and post-class.).

Prop.:

tunicam,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 79 Müll.:

lumbulos,

Apic. 7, 8; 7, 2; 8, 7.—

Trop.: consuere dolos, to devise, plan, plot:

consutis dolis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211; id. Ps. 1, 5, 126:

os,

i. e. to forbid to speak, Sen. Ep. 47, 4.—

In gen.: consuere aliquid aliquā re, to stuff, stop up, fill with something:

pinacothecas veteribus tabulis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 4. —Hence, * consūtum, i, n., a garment stitched together, Gai Inst. 3, § 192.

con-sentĭo (also cosentĭo; v. infra), sensi, sensum, 4, v. n. and a

= unā sentio, to feel together: multa (corpora, i. e. substances) Quae neque conecti potuere neque intus Vitalis motus consentire atque imitari, Lucr. 2, 717 Lachm.; cf.:

consentire animam totam per membra videmus,

id. 3, 153; Scrib. Comp. 104.—

To agree, accord, harmonize with a person or thing; to assert unitedly, determine in common, decree, to unite upon something accordantly, etc. (freq and class. in prose and poetry); constr with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol. of person; and with the acc., de, ad, in, the inf.. causā, or absol. of the thing.

Lit., with personal subjects.

In a good sense, with acc. and inf.: HONC. OINO. PLOIRVME. COSENTIONT. ROMAI. DVONORO. OPTVMO. FVISE. VIRO... LVCIOM. SCIPIONE., etc. (i. e. hunc unum plurimi consentiunt Romanum bonorum optimum fuisse virum... Lucium Scipionem), inscription of the Scipios, C. I. L. 1, 32: Wordsworth, Fragm, and Spec. p. 160; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 116; and id. Sen. 17, 61:

omnes mortales unā mente consentiunt, omnia arma eorum, qui haec salva velint, contra illam pestem esse capienda,

id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; so Quint. 1, 10, 33; 2, 15, 36 al.; Tac. A. 6, 28 al.—With inf.:

seu quicquid ubique magnificum est in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus,

Tac. G. 34 fin. —With de de amicitiae utilitate omnes uno ore consentiunt, Cic. Lael. 23, 86; so id. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

cum aliquo de aliquā re,

id. Ac. 2, 42. 131.—With [p. 429] cum:

consentire cum aliquā re, verbis discrepare,

Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72:

cum his (oratoribus) philosophi consentiunt,

Quint. 2, 17, 2; so Suet. Aug. 58.—With dat.:

illis superioribus,

Quint. 2, 15, 32; so id. 5, 14, 33:

sibi ipse,

Cic. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Clu. 22, 60:

cui parti,

Quint. 5, 14, 9:

iis, quibus delectantur,

id. 5, 11, 19:

studiis alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 65 al. —With adversus:

adversus maleficium omne consensimus,

Sen. Ben. 3, 6, 2:

adversus patrem cum amicis,

Val. Max. 9, 11, ext. 3.—With ad:

parvo exercitu, sed ad benevolentiam erga nos consentiente,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2; id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3; id. N. D. 2, 23, 60; 2, 46, 119; id. Cat. 4, 7, 15; 4, 9, 18; cf.:

ad rem publicam conservandam,

id. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

ad decernendum triumphum,

Liv. 36, 40, 10:

ad necem ejus,

id. 39, 50, 6:

ad indutias,

Suet. Calig. 5.—With in:

in homine non, ut omne, omnia in unum consentientia, sed singulis membris suum cuique consilium,

Liv. 2, 32, 9:

in hoc non contumaciter consentio,

Quint. 11, 3, 11; cf.:

consentire in asserendā libertate,

Suet. Calig. 60: puro pioque duello quaerendas censeo itaque consentio consciscoque, old formula of voting in Liv. 1, 32, 12.—With ut:

senatus... censuit consensit conscivit ut bellum cum priscis Latinis fieret, old formula for declaring war,

Liv. 1, 32, 13.—With ne:

constat, ad alia discordes in uno adversus patrum voluntatem consensisse, ne dicerent dictatorem,

Liv. 4, 26, 7.—With acc. rei:

consensit et senatus bellum,

i. e. has voted, decreed war, Liv. 8, 6, 8:

bellum erat consensum,

id. 1, 32, 12:

consensa in posterum diem contio,

id. 24, 38, 11.—With inf.:

si consenserint possessores non vendere, quid futurum est?

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 15. — Impers.:

de prioribus consentitur,

Tac. A. 1, 13:

inter plurimos consensum est duas esse partes,

Quint. 9, 1, 17; 5, 10, 12; Liv. 9, 7, 7; so,

consensum est, ut, etc.,

id. 30, 24, 11.—

In a bad sense, to agree to any wrong, to join in, to plot together, conspire, take part in, etc.:

neque se cum Belgis reliquis consensisse, neque contra populum Romanum omnino conjurasse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3; so id. ib. fin.:

belli faciendi causā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 18:

urbem inflammare,

id. Phil. 2, 7, 17:

quod consensisset cum Hispanis quibusdam... eum (Pompeium) comprehendere,

id. Fam. 6, 18, 2:

ad prodendam Hannibali urbem Romanam,

Liv. 27, 9, 14:

ad aliquem opprimendum,

Nep. Dat. 5, 2:

quod undique abierat, antequam consentirent,

Liv. 23, 28, 4; so absol., id. 34, 49, 9 al.—

Transf., with inanimate subjects, to accord, agree, harmonize with, to fit, suit, etc.

With cum: sed mihi ne utiquam cor consentit cum oculorum aspectu, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf.:

cum vultus Domitii cum oratione non consentiret,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 2; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 122: secum ipsa (oratio;

together with sibi constet),

Cic. Univ. 3; id. Brut. 38, 141:

precor... ut vestrae mentes atque sententiae cum populi Romani voluntatibus suffragiisque consentiant,

id. Mur. 1, 1; Dig. 46, 4, 14.—

With inter se:

(pulchritudo corporis) delectat hoc ipso, quod inter se omnes partes cum quodam lepore consentiunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98; Quint. 5, 7, 29.—

With dat.:

si personis, si temporibus, si locis ea quae narrantur consentiunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 9, 32; id. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. Att. 7, 3, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 65; 11, 3, 164 al.:

sibi ipsa lex,

id. 2, 4, 37.—

Absol., Lucr. 3, 170; 2, 915; 3, 154:

ratio nostra consentit, pugnat oratio, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

judicationem et statum semper consentire,

Quint. 3, 11, 20:

nisi ab imo ad summum omnibus intenta nervis consentiat (cithara),

id. 2, 8, 15:

utrumque nostrum incredibili modo Consentit astrum,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 22.—Hence,

con-sentĭens, entis, P. a., agreeing, accordant, unanimous:

tanta rerum consentiens, conspirans, continuata cognatio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

cujus de laudibus omnium esset fama consentiens,

id. Sen. 17, 61:

animi,

id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

consilium omnis vitae,

id. Tusc. 5, 25, 72.— Abl. consentiente and -ti:

hominum consentiente auctoritate contenti non sumus?

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 84; so,

consentiente voce,

Suet. Galb. 13;

on the other hand, clamore consentienti pugnam poscunt,

Liv. 10, 40, 1.—

consensus, a, um, Part., agreed upon:

consensis quibusdam et concessis,

Gell. 15, 26, 2.

insĭdĭae, ārum, f. plur. (in sing. insidia prima, Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.) [insideo], an ambush, ambuscade (class.).

Lit

Of persons:

qui sustinuerant primos impetus insidiarum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

equites procedere longius jussi, donec insidiae coorirentur,

Tac. H. 2, 24.—

Of place:

si forte in insidias devenero,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 92:

signa aenea in insidiis ponere,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

milites in insidiis collocare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

intrare insidias,

id. B. C. 3, 38.—Particular phrases.

To lay an ambush for any one:

insidias dare alicui,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 32:

facere vitae alicujus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4:

ponere vitae alicujus,

id. Sest. 18, 41:

insidias penitus abstrusas ponere contra aliquem,

id. Agr. 2, 18, 49:

parare alicui,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

tendere,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

collocare,

id. Mil. 10, 27:

comparare,

id. Clu. 16, 47:

struere,

id. ib. 66, 190:

componere,

Tac. H. 5, 22:

compo nere in aliquem,

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19: componere [p. 965] alicui, Tib. 1, 6, 4:

disponere,

Quint. 4, 2, 48:

afferre ovilibus,

Calp. Ecl. 1, 40:

avibus moliri,

Verg. G. 1, 271.—

In abl. alone, abl. with ex, or acc. with per, by artifice or stratagem, craftily, insidiously:

Marcellus insidiis interfectus est,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

per insidias quempiam interficere,

id. Dom. 23:

per insidias circumvenire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42:

non ex insidiis, sed aperte ac palam elaborare,

Cic. Or. 12, 38:

ex insidiis invadere aliquem,

Sall. J. 113, 6.—

Trop., artifice, crafty device, plot, snare:

nimis insidiarum ad capiendas aures adhiberi videtur,

Cic. Or. 51, 170:

compositae orationis insidiis fidem alicujus attentare,

id. ib. 61, 208:

noctis,

Verg. G. 1, 426:

maris,

Val. Fl. 1, 416:

post obitum parentis periculo insidiarum subjectus pupillus,

Gai. Inst. 2, 181.

māchĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [machina], to contrive skilfully, to devise, design, frame, invent (class).

In gen.:

incredibile est, quantā operā machinata natura sit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

qui haec machinatus est,

id. Univ. 3:

haec duo musici machinati ad voluptatem sunt, versum atque cantum,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 174:

quod machiner inveniamque,

Lucr. 3, 944; cf. Vitr. 1, 6 med. —

In partic., to contrive artfully, to scheme, plot, = mêchanasthai:

aliquam machinabor machinam, Unde aurum efficiam amanti erili,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 54:

aliquam astutiam corde,

id. Capt. 3, 3, 15; 16; id. Cas. 2, 4, 22:

aliud quiddam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 15:

inimico exitum,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

sibi nefariam pestem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66:

necem alicui,

Liv. 1, 51, 1:

perniciem alicui,

Sall. C. 18:

pestem in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2.—

Neutr. (post-class.):

adversus aliquem,

Dig. 4, 3, 1, § 3.— Part. perf. māchĭnātus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

quae (sol, luna, etc.) ni machinata versarentur,

skilfully arranged, adjusted, Vitr. 10, 1: cum machinato strepitu tonitruum, artificial, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, and ap. Non. 180, 22 (Hist. 2, 23, 3 Dietsch);

App. de Mundo, p. 67: indicium a P. Autronio machinatum,

contrived, planned, devised, Sall. C. 48, 7: regis cura machinata fames, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P. (Hist. 3, 34 Dietsch).

plautus ( plōt-), a, um, adj.

Flat, broad: plauti appellantur canes, quorum aures languidae sunt ac flaccidae et latius videntur patere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.:

conchae plautiores,

Tert. Pall. 3.—

Among the Umbrians, flat-footed:

(plotos appellant) Umbri pedibus planis (natos... unde et Maccius) poëta, quia Umber Sarsinas erat, a pedum planitie initio Plotus, postea Plautus coeptus est dici,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 ib.

Plautus, i, m. [flat-foot, v. 1. plautus], an Umbrian surname. —So, T. Maccius (or Maccus) Plautus, a celebrated Roman comic poet, a native of the Umbrian village Sarsina. —(On the name Maccius, instead of the earlier reading Accius or Attius, v. Ritschl, De Plauti poëtae nominibus, in his Parergon Plautinorum I. pp. 3-43;

and respecting his life and writings,

id. ib. pp. 47 - 579), Cic. Brut. 15, 60; Quint. 10, 1, 99.—

Transf., the works of Plautus, a comedy of Plautus:

adporto vobis Plautum linguā non manu,

Plaut. Men. prol. 3.—Hence,

Plautīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Plautus, Plautian:

pater,

i. e. a father in a play of Plautus, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 2 fin.:

numeri et sales,

Hor. A. P. 270:

sermo,

Quint. 10, 1, 99:

stilus,

Gell. 3, 3, 13: prosapia, i. e. poor, mean, because Plautus was said to have worked in a mill, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.— Sup.:

versus Plautinissimi,

most Plautus-like, altogether in Plautus's manner, Gell. 3, 3, 4.

plautus ( plōt-), a, um, adj.

Flat, broad: plauti appellantur canes, quorum aures languidae sunt ac flaccidae et latius videntur patere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.:

conchae plautiores,

Tert. Pall. 3.—

Among the Umbrians, flat-footed:

(plotos appellant) Umbri pedibus planis (natos... unde et Maccius) poëta, quia Umber Sarsinas erat, a pedum planitie initio Plotus, postea Plautus coeptus est dici,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 ib.

Plautus, i, m. [flat-foot, v. 1. plautus], an Umbrian surname. —So, T. Maccius (or Maccus) Plautus, a celebrated Roman comic poet, a native of the Umbrian village Sarsina. —(On the name Maccius, instead of the earlier reading Accius or Attius, v. Ritschl, De Plauti poëtae nominibus, in his Parergon Plautinorum I. pp. 3-43;

and respecting his life and writings,

id. ib. pp. 47 - 579), Cic. Brut. 15, 60; Quint. 10, 1, 99.—

Transf., the works of Plautus, a comedy of Plautus:

adporto vobis Plautum linguā non manu,

Plaut. Men. prol. 3.—Hence,

Plautīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Plautus, Plautian:

pater,

i. e. a father in a play of Plautus, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 2 fin.:

numeri et sales,

Hor. A. P. 270:

sermo,

Quint. 10, 1, 99:

stilus,

Gell. 3, 3, 13: prosapia, i. e. poor, mean, because Plautus was said to have worked in a mill, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.— Sup.:

versus Plautinissimi,

most Plautus-like, altogether in Plautus's manner, Gell. 3, 3, 4.

plautus ( plōt-), a, um, adj.

Flat, broad: plauti appellantur canes, quorum aures languidae sunt ac flaccidae et latius videntur patere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.:

conchae plautiores,

Tert. Pall. 3.—

Among the Umbrians, flat-footed:

(plotos appellant) Umbri pedibus planis (natos... unde et Maccius) poëta, quia Umber Sarsinas erat, a pedum planitie initio Plotus, postea Plautus coeptus est dici,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 ib.

Plautus, i, m. [flat-foot, v. 1. plautus], an Umbrian surname. —So, T. Maccius (or Maccus) Plautus, a celebrated Roman comic poet, a native of the Umbrian village Sarsina. —(On the name Maccius, instead of the earlier reading Accius or Attius, v. Ritschl, De Plauti poëtae nominibus, in his Parergon Plautinorum I. pp. 3-43;

and respecting his life and writings,

id. ib. pp. 47 - 579), Cic. Brut. 15, 60; Quint. 10, 1, 99.—

Transf., the works of Plautus, a comedy of Plautus:

adporto vobis Plautum linguā non manu,

Plaut. Men. prol. 3.—Hence,

Plautīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Plautus, Plautian:

pater,

i. e. a father in a play of Plautus, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 2 fin.:

numeri et sales,

Hor. A. P. 270:

sermo,

Quint. 10, 1, 99:

stilus,

Gell. 3, 3, 13: prosapia, i. e. poor, mean, because Plautus was said to have worked in a mill, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.— Sup.:

versus Plautinissimi,

most Plautus-like, altogether in Plautus's manner, Gell. 3, 3, 4.

sēmĭnārĭus, a, um.

Adj. [semen], of or belonging to seed:

seminarium pilum,

for bruising seed, Cato, R. R. 10, 5.—

Subst.: sēmĭnārĭum, ii, n., a nursery, nursery-garden, seed-plot, seminary.

Lit., Plin. 18, 27, 71, § 295; Cato, R. R. 46; 48; Varr. R. R. 1, 29; Col. 5, 6, 1; 11, 2, 16; 11, 2, 30; id. Arb. 1, 3; 2, 1 et saep.—

Trop. (class.):

seminarium rei publicae,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54:

fons et seminarium triumphorum,

id. Pis. 40, 97:

Catilinarium,

id. Cat. 2, 10, 23; so,

judicum (veterani),

id. Phil. 13, 2, 3:

senatūs (equites),

Liv. 42, 61, 5:

exiguum militum,

id. 6, 12:

hostilis exercitus (Hispania),

Flor. 2, 6, 38:

ducum,

Curt. 8, 6, 6: dulce hilaritatis (vinum), Varr. ap. Non. 28, 22:

scelerum omnium (Bacchanalia),

Liv. 39 epit.:

omnium malorum,

App. Mag. 74, p. 321, 30:

rixarum,

Hier. Ep. 27, 2:

repudii,

id. in Helv. 20.

tăbŭla, ae, f. [root ta-, tab; whence also taberna, q. v.], a board, plank.

In gen.:

si tabulam de naufragio stultus arripuerit,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; cf. id. Att. 4, 18, 3; Verg. A. 1, 119:

laceras tabulas in litore vidi,

Ov. M. 11, 428:

tabula navis,

Juv. 14, 289; Verg. A. 9, 537:

inauratae,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114:

latera (fossarum) cluduntur tabulis,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 76:

perforatae,

Col. 7, 4, 5.—Esp., a board to play on, Ov. de Nuce, 77; Sen. Tranq. An. 14, 7; Juv. 1, 90.—

In partic.

A writing-tablet; also, a tablet written upon, a writing, as a letter, contract, account, list, will, etc. (cf. tabella):

tabulae litteris Graecis confectae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 29:

cerata,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: litteraria, a writing-tablet for children, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10; cf.:

laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56:

ponatur calculus assint Cum tabula pueri,

Juv. 9, 41: tabula calculatoria, Schol. Juv. 7, 73.—

Plur., a book of account:

pro tabulis, Ubi aera perscribuntur usuraria,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 52; cf.:

multum differt, in arcāne positum sit argentum, an in tabulis debeatur,

Cic. Top. 3, 16:

litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae, de tabulis in libros transferuntur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:

aliquid in tabulas referre,

id. Fl. 9, 20:

tabulas conficere,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 97; id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60; id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5:

unae tabulae proferantur, in quibus vestigium sit aliquod, quod, etc.,

id. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2): novae, new account-books (by substituting which for the old ones debts were abolished in whole or in part), id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; id. Off. 2, 23, 84; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21; cf. Sall. C. 21, 2. —

A counter, office where records are kept:

suos necessarios conrogat, ut ad tabulam Sextiam sibi adsint horā secundā,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25. —

Adest ad tabulam: licetur Aebutius (a tablet on which an auction was advertised);

hence,

an auction, Cic. Caecin. 6, 16; cf.:

sin ad tabulam venimus, vincemus facultates Othonis,

id. Att. 12, 40, 4. —

Of public records, etc.:

tabula praerogativae,

a list of votes, Cic. Pis. 5, 11; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18; 3, 17, 1; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 2, 8:

qui de tabulis publicis recitat,

public records, State papers, Cic. Fl. 17, 40; so,

publicae,

id. Arch. 4, 8; Liv. 26, 36, 11.—Esp., the censor ' s lists:

tabularum cura,

Liv. 4. 8, 4:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74; Flor. 1, 6, 3; cf.:

tabulae aereae, in quibus publicae constitutiones inciduntur,

Plin. 34, 9, 21, § 99:

XII. tabulae,

the Twelve Tables, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so of the tables of the laws:

decem tabulas conscripsisse,

id. ib. 2, 36, 61:

duabus tabulis additis,

id. ib. 2, 37, 63; id. de Or. 1, 43, 193; 1, 44, 195 al.; v. duodecim; cf.:

nequa tabula ullius decreti Caesaris aut beneficii figeretur,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

tabula Sullae,

the list of proscribed persons, Juv. 2, 28; Mart. 5, 69, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21; 9, 26.—

Of any formal or solemn writing:

in tabulas multis haec via fecit iter,

i. e. a will, testament, Ov. A. A. 2, 332; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 11; Juv. 2, 58; 4, 19; 12, 123; 14, 55; Mart. 5, 39, 2:

Dicaearchi tabulae,

maps, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

lapideae,

Vulg. Exod. 24, 12; id. 2 Cor. 3, 3. —

A painted tablet or panel, a painting, picture:

tabula picta,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 36; Cic. Brut. 75, 261:

imago in tabulis,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 3; id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; id. Par. 5, 2, 37; Prop. 1, 2, 22; 2, 3, 41; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 64. — Prov.: manum de tabulā, take your hand from the picture! enough! it is finished! sed heus tu, manum de tabulā, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1; cf.:

dixit (Apelles)... uno se praestare, quod manum de tabulā sciret tollere,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80. —

A votive-tablet (on which a shipwreck was painted):

me tabula sacer Votiva paries indicat, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 13:

largire inopi, ne pictus oberret Caeruleā in tabulā,

Pers. 6, 32 (cf.:

mersā rate naufragus assem Dum rogat et pictā se tempestate tuetur,

Juv. 14, 301). —

A bed or plot of ground in a vineyard, Pall. Jan. 11; id. Febr. 10, 1; 9, 9; Auct. Limit. p. 311 Goes.—

A fold in a garment, Tert. Pall. 1 and 5.

trāgŭla, ae, f. [traho].

A kind of javelin or dart attached to a strap by which it was swung when thrown, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. spara, pp. 330 and 331 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. 553, 31, and 555, 22; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; 5, 48; 1, 26; id. B. C. 1, 57; Liv 21, 7, 10; 24, 42, 2; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 553, 29; Auct. B. Hisp. 32, 2; Sil. 3, 318; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Müll.; Gell. 10, 25, 2; Fest. p. 367; Val. Max. 7, 6, 5.—

Trop., an attack, a snare, plot (Plautinian):

tragulam in te inicere adornat: nescio quam fabricam facit,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 25:

volui inicere tragulam in nostrum senem,

id. Ps. 1, 4, 14; id. Cas. 2, 4, 18.—

A kind of dragnet, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—

A small traha or sledge, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.