re-linō

col-lĭno ( conl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a., to besmear, to cover over, defile, pollute: aliquid, aliquā re (rare; not in class. prose).

Prop.:

ora venenis,

Ov. R. Am. 351:

tabulas cerā,

Gell. 17, 9, 17: crines adulteros pulvere, * Hor. C. 1, 15, 20 (cf. Verg. A. 12, 99:

foedare in pulvere crines): caeno collitus,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 4.—

Trop.:

pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133; id. Poen. 1, 2, 96.

col-lĭno ( conl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a., to besmear, to cover over, defile, pollute: aliquid, aliquā re (rare; not in class. prose).

Prop.:

ora venenis,

Ov. R. Am. 351:

tabulas cerā,

Gell. 17, 9, 17: crines adulteros pulvere, * Hor. C. 1, 15, 20 (cf. Verg. A. 12, 99:

foedare in pulvere crines): caeno collitus,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 4.—

Trop.:

pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133; id. Poen. 1, 2, 96.

con-signo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To furnish with a seal, to affix, put one's seal to, to seal, to sign, subscribe (in good prose).

Prop.:

tabellas,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 90; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 83:

tabulas signis,

Cic. Quint. 6, 25:

epistulas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 46:

laudatio consignata cretā,

Cic. Fl. 16, 37:

id decretum,

Liv. 39, 48, 4; cf.:

conscripta consignataque,

id. 29, 12, 15:

legem,

Dig. 1, 19, 13:

testamentum,

ib. 28, 1, 24:

tabellas dotis,

a marriage contract, Suet. Claud. 29 (for which, briefly, dotem, id. ib. 26): tabulas proprio lino, propriāque cerā, Gai Inst. 2, 181:

pecuniam,

Dig. 46, 1, 64.—

Trop., to attest, certify, establish, vouch for:

monumentis testata consignataque antiquitas,

Cic. Div. 1, 40, 87:

senatūs judicia, quae publicis populi Romani litteris monumentisque consignata sunt,

id. Deiot. 13, 37: [p. 432] auctoritates nostras, to place beyond doubt, id. Clu. 50, 139; id. Red. in Sen. 11, 29; id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28.—

To note, write down, to register, record (so lit. aud trop.; for the most part only in Cic.).

Prop.:

litteris aliquid,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

fundos publicis commentariis,

id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:

memoriam publicam (legum) publicis litteris,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

motum temporis,

id. Univ. 9 init. —

Trop.: tot rerum atque tantarum insitae et quasi consignatae in animis notiones. Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57: causam, de quā, etc., to make known, indicate (with exprimere), Gell. 14, 2, 17.—Hence, consignātē, adv. (of the P. a. consignatus, a, um, not in use; Hertz, consignatius);

acc. to II.,

in a distinct manner, plainly, distinctly; comp., Gell. 1, 25, 8.— Sup.:

versus consignatissime factus,

Gell. 1, 15, 12; cf. the preced.

dēlĕo, lēvi, lētum, 2 ( perf. sync. delerunt, Cic. Red. in Sen. 2, 4:

delerit,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19; id. Balb. 19, 43:

delerat,

id. Fam. 15, 5, 3:

delerant,

id. Sest. 19, 44; plqpf. subj. sync. delesset, Val. Max. 3, 7; Liv. 27, 40, 4; part. perf. dēlĭtus: litterae delitae, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372: epistola delita, Calvus ib.; Cic. Ep. ap. Prisc. p. 873; cf. 1. aboleo), v. a. [Sanscr. R. lī, adhere; cf.: vi-lī, dissolve; Gr. limnê, limên, leimôn, etc.; Lat. lino, perf. levi; polio, etc.; cf. also Gr. limos, Lat. lētum], to abolish, destroy, annihilate (freq. and class.; cf.: eluo, diluo, diruo, exstinguo, everto, demolior, destruo).

Of objects not personal:

si certo tempore luna Gignitur et certo deletur tempore rursus,

Lucr. 5, 748 (for which, shortly before, nova luna creari... aborisci):

si Juppiter saepe urbes delevit, fruges perdidit, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; so,

urbem Numantiam, Carthaginem, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.; Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; Sall. J. 8, 2; Hor. Od. 3, 6, 14; Ov. M. 13, 219 al.; cf.:

magnam Graeciam,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

nomen Aequorum prope ad internecionem,

Liv. 9, 45;

and, Volscum nomen,

id. 3, 8:

sepulcrum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26:

aedificia,

id. Agr. 2, 32 fin. al.:

epistulas,

id. Fam. 7, 18, 2; so of the blotting out, effacing, obliterating, of writing, id. ib. 14, 3; id. Clu. 14, 41; id. Rosc. Com. 2 fin.; Quint. 10, 3, 31; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 69; id. A. P. 389; Ov. M. 9, 524; Vulg. Apoc. 3, 5:

stigmata in facie,

Plin. 25, 13, 110, § 175:

radices,

Col. 11, 3, 56 al. —

Trop., to finish, stop, terminate, end:

praesentia, futura bella,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

omnes leges una rogatione,

id. Sest. 26:

omnia morte, id. Lael, 4, 13: omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna,

id. Phil. 1, 1; cf. id. Deiot. 13, 37:

nec si quid olim lusit Anacreon, Delevit aetas,

Hor. Od. 4, 9, 10;

trop.: deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres (i. e. memoriam mulierum),

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

veritatem (simulatio),

Cic. Lael. 25, 92:

omnem molestiam,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8:

improbitatem (with exstinguere),

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf.:

turpitudinem fugae virtute,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

priorem ignominiam,

Liv. 39, 30.—

Of personal objects:

dispersis ac paene deletis hostibus,

destroyed, annihilated, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 2;

so milit.,

id. ib. 6, 37, 7; id. B. C. 3, 70; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; id. Mur. 35 fin.; id. Vat. 10, 24 init.; Tac. A. 4, 51; Verg. A. 11, 898 al.:

homines morte deletos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 15:

toto animante deleto,

id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90;

rarely of a single person: C. Curionem,

id. Vat. 10, 24 fin.

phylactērĭum ( fyl-), ĭi, n., = phulaktêrion.

In gen., an amulet:

dolorem oculorum ut non patiaris... de tribus cerasis lapillos pertundes et lino inserto pro phylacterio uteris,

Marc. Emp. 8.—

In partic.

Slips of parchment worn by the Jews on the forehead and the left arm, phylacteries, Vulg. Matt. 23, 5; Hier. in Matt. 4, 23, 5.—

Chains and medals worn by gladiators around their necks as tokens of victory, Vet. Schol. ad Juv. 3, 68.

illĭno ( inl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (also acc. to the 4th conj.:

illinire,

Col. 12, 46, 5; Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65; but not in Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191, and 32, 10, 51, § 140, where the correct read. is illinunt and illini, v. Sillig. ad h. ll.), v. a. [in-lino], to put on by smearing or spreading, to smear, spread, or lay on (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

oculis collyria,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 31:

papavera madefacta teneris genis,

Ov. Med. Fac. 100:

psyllion fronti,

Plin. 25, 12, 91, § 143:

anisum recens phreneticis,

id. 20, 17, 73, § 191:

solani folia contrita et illita,

Cels. 5, 26, 33:

aurum vestibus illitum,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 14:

aurum tecto,

Sen. Ep. 119 fin.:

aurum marmori,

Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 64:

faces taedamque et malleolos stuppae inlitos pice parari jubet,

Liv. 42, 64, 3.— Poet.:

quod si bruma nives Albanis illinet agris,

spreads, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 10:

quodcumque semel chartis illeverit,

has written, id. S. 1, 4, 36.—

Transf.

Aliquid aliqua re, to besmear, bedaub, anoint with any thing:

ventrem alicui fimo,

Plin. 28, 14, 58, § 208; 30, 8, 21, § 65:

adustas gingivas melle,

Cels. 7, 12, 1:

texta Nesseo veneno,

Ov. H. 9, 163:

pocula ceris,

id. M. 8, 670:

faces taedamque et malleolos pice,

Liv. 42, 64, 3:

faces galbano,

Suet. Galb. 3:

navem bitumine ac sulphure,

Curt. 4, 3:

porticum Medis,

to paint, Pers. 3, 53:

tela dolis,

Luc. 8, 382 et saep.—

Trop.:

venustatis, non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus color,

daubed over with paint, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199:

donum inimicorum veneno illitum,

Liv. 5, 2, 3:

vita illita maculā,

Sil. 11, 43.

illĭno ( inl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (also acc. to the 4th conj.:

illinire,

Col. 12, 46, 5; Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65; but not in Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191, and 32, 10, 51, § 140, where the correct read. is illinunt and illini, v. Sillig. ad h. ll.), v. a. [in-lino], to put on by smearing or spreading, to smear, spread, or lay on (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

oculis collyria,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 31:

papavera madefacta teneris genis,

Ov. Med. Fac. 100:

psyllion fronti,

Plin. 25, 12, 91, § 143:

anisum recens phreneticis,

id. 20, 17, 73, § 191:

solani folia contrita et illita,

Cels. 5, 26, 33:

aurum vestibus illitum,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 14:

aurum tecto,

Sen. Ep. 119 fin.:

aurum marmori,

Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 64:

faces taedamque et malleolos stuppae inlitos pice parari jubet,

Liv. 42, 64, 3.— Poet.:

quod si bruma nives Albanis illinet agris,

spreads, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 10:

quodcumque semel chartis illeverit,

has written, id. S. 1, 4, 36.—

Transf.

Aliquid aliqua re, to besmear, bedaub, anoint with any thing:

ventrem alicui fimo,

Plin. 28, 14, 58, § 208; 30, 8, 21, § 65:

adustas gingivas melle,

Cels. 7, 12, 1:

texta Nesseo veneno,

Ov. H. 9, 163:

pocula ceris,

id. M. 8, 670:

faces taedamque et malleolos pice,

Liv. 42, 64, 3:

faces galbano,

Suet. Galb. 3:

navem bitumine ac sulphure,

Curt. 4, 3:

porticum Medis,

to paint, Pers. 3, 53:

tela dolis,

Luc. 8, 382 et saep.—

Trop.:

venustatis, non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus color,

daubed over with paint, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199:

donum inimicorum veneno illitum,

Liv. 5, 2, 3:

vita illita maculā,

Sil. 11, 43.

inter-lĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a., to smear between, smear, spread between, lay at intervals.

Lit.:

caementa luto,

Liv. 21, 11, 8; cf.:

murus bitumine interlitus,

Curt. 5, 1, 9:

caseum oleo,

Plin. 28, 9, 34, § 132.—

Transf., to falsify by striking out or erasing (syn. interpolo):

testamentum,

Cic. Clu. 44, 125:

tabulae quae se corruptas atque interlitas esse clamant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

litterae lacrimis interlitae,

blotted, Hier. Ep. 41 init.

in-texo, texŭi, textum, 3, v. a., to weave into, to inweave, interweave; to plait, join together, interlace, surround, cover.

Lit.:

purpureasque notas filis intexuit albis,

Ov. M. 6, 577:

diversos colores picturae,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196:

hastas foliis,

Verg. E. 5, 31:

vitibus ulmos,

id. G. 2, 221:

vestibus intexto Phrygiis spectabilis auro,

Ov. M. 6, 166; cf. Curt. 9, 7, 12:

cum chlamyde purpurea variis coloribus intexta,

embroidered, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

intextus puer regius,

Verg. A. 5, 252; id. G. 3, 25:

hederae intexere truncos,

Ov. M. 4, 365.—

Esp., to weave, make by weaving or interlacing:

tribus intextum tauris opus,

of hides, Verg. A. 10, 785:

sterili junco cannaque intexta palustri,

Luc. 5, 517:

ex lino,

Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 96; cf.:

latera intextus stellatis axibus agger,

Sil. 13, 109.—

Trop.: facta chartis, to interweave on paper, i. e. to describe, Tib. 4, 1, 5:

parva magnis, laeta tristibus,

Cic. Part. 4, 12:

aliquid in causa prudenter,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

Varronem,

id. Att. 13, 12, 3: tali te vellem ritu inter soles... naturae rerum magnis intexere chartis, to interweave in a poem on nature your fame, etc., Verg. Cir. 39.

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

lĭnītus, a, um, Part., from linio, v. lino.

lĭnītus, ūs, m. [linio], a smearing, anointing:

potu et linitu,

Plin. 20, 12, 47, § 118.

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

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.).—

Usually plur.

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.—

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.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

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.—

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.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

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.

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

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.).—

Usually plur.

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.—

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.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

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.—

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.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

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.