stilus for writing

stĭlus (not stylus), i, m. [for stiglus; Gr. stizô, to stick, puncture; stigma, mark, point; Sanscr. tig, to be sharp; tigmas, sharp; cf. Engl. stick, sting; Lat. stimulus; not connected with stulos].

In gen., a stake, pale: extra vallum stili caeci, concealed stakes, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 5; cf. Sil. 10, 415 (for which stimuli, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.):

ligneus,

Amm. 23, 4, 5; 15, 10, 5.—In agriculture, a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly, etc., Col. 11, 3, 53; Pall. Mart. 10, 20.—Of the stem or stalk of many plants (e. g. of the asparagus), Col. 11, 3, 46; 11, 3, 58; 5, 10, 13; 5, 10, 21.—

In partic.

A style used by the Romans for writing on waxen tablets (pointed, and usually made of iron):

effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 76; 4, 9, 73; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, flaccebat oratio,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae,

with an Attic pen, id. ib. 45, 167; so,

(comoediae quaedam) resipiant stilum Plautinum,

Gell. 3, 3, 13.—And with reference to the ecenomical use, in a double sense, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.—Writing on wax was erased with the broad upper end of the style; hence the phrase stilum vertere, for to erase what one has written, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101:

saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint, Scripturus,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 73.—But cf.:

et mihi vertenti stilum in Gallias,

i. e. turning to write of, Amm. 29, 3, 1.—Comically:

stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito,

i. e. with elm switches, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131 (cf. conscribo).—

Transf.

= scriptio and scriptura, a setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; manner of writing, mode of composition:

stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; 1, 60, 257; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 190; Quint. 1, 9, 2; cf.:

multus stilus et assidua lectio,

id. 10, 7, 4:

stilus exercitatus,

i. e. a practised pen, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

Quint. 1, 1, 28:

neglegens,

id. 2, 4, 13:

multus,

id. 10, 1, 1:

tardus,

id. 10, 3, 5:

rudis et confusus,

id. 1, 1, 28:

fidelis,

id. 10, 7, 7:

stilo incumbere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 9:

aliquid stilo prosequi,

id. ib. 1, 8, 8;

2, 3, 3: signare stilo,

Vell. 1, 16, 1:

non ita dissimili sunt argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione sunt factae ac stilo,

in speech and writing, Ter. And. prol. 12 (for which:

oratione et scripturā,

id. Phorm. prol. 5); cf.:

unus sonus est totius orationis et idem stilus,

the same tone and the same style of composition run through the whole speech, Cic. Brut. 26, 100:

artifex stilus,

an artistic style, id. ib. 25, 96:

familiares opes velut supremo distribuens stilo,

i. e. by his last will, Amm. 25, 3, 21.—

A manner of speaking, mode of expression, style in speaking (post-Aug. and very rare; not as early as Quint.;

in class. Lat. sermo, oratio, dictio, dicendi modus, ars, genus or forma): stilus pressus demissusque,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

pugnax et quasi bellatorins,

id. ib. 7, 9, 7:

laetior,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10; cf.:

diligentis stili anxietas,

Tac. Or. 39:

(Octavius) tragoediam magno impetu exorsus, non succedente stilo, abolevit,

Suet. Aug. 85:

affectatione obscurabat stilum,

id. Tib. 70:

stili dicendi duo sunt: unus est maturus et gravis, alter ardens erectus et infensus, etc.,

Macr. S. 5, 1; 6, 3.—

A decision, verdict, opinion, App. M. 10, p. 242, 20.

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a pike, pale / a stylus for writing / writing.

γραφίδα, γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem acc sg

γραφίδι, γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem dat sg

γραφίδε, γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem nom /voc /acc dual

γρᾰφίς, ίδος, ἡ,

A = γραφεῖον 1, AP6.63 (Damoch.), 65 (Paul. Sil.), 67 (Jul.): esp. stilus for writing on waxen tablets, Pl.Prt. 326d; paint-brush, APl.4.178 (Antip.); graving tool, LXX Ex.32.4;

σύμβολα.. γραφίδεσσι κατέξυσα Hymn.Is.11

, cf. AP4.3b.72 (Agath.); needle for embroidering, APl.4.324.

II embroidery, AP5.275 (Agath.): but in pl., = paintings, Nonn.D.25.433.

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem acc sg

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem acc pl

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem nom /voc pl

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem dat pl (epic aeolic)

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem dat pl (epic aeolic)

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem dat sg

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem gen sg

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem gen pl

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem nom sg

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem dat pl

γραφίς

stilus for writing: fem dat pl

scriptūra, ae, f. [scribo], a writing, written characters.

In gen. (acc. to scribo, I.;

Cic. uses scriptio instead): minium in voluminibus quoque scriptura usurpatur clarioresque litteras vel in auro vel in marmore etiam in sepulchris facit,

Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122:

(meorum librorum) scriptura quanti constet,

Mart. 1, 67, 3; Suet. Aug. 80: mendum scripturae, an error in writing, Caecin. ap. Cic Fam. 6, 7, 1.—

Concr., a line (syn. scriptum):

supercilia usque ad malarum scripturam currentia,

the boundary line between the cheeks and eyelids, Petr. 126, 15.—

In partic. (freq. and class.).

(Acc. to scribo, II.) [p. 1649] A writing, composing, composition (cf. scriptura).

Abstr., = scriptio:

stilus optimus dicendi effector... Nam si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio facile vincit: hanc ipsa profecto assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

neminem posse omnis res per scripturam complecti,

id. Inv. 2, 50, 152: quod si scripturam sprevissem in praesentiā, writing, composing, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 16:

scriptura levis,

id. Phorm. prol. 5; cf.: genus scripturae, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3; Liv 25, 12; Suet. Vit. Juven.; Nep. praef. § 1; cf.

also: Naevii Punicum bellum continenti scripturā expositum,

Suet. Gram. 2: C. Furnio legato plura verbo quam scriptura mandata dedimus, rather orally than in writing, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5; cf.:

edebat per libellos scripturā brevi,

written briefly, Suet. Caes. 41.—

Concr., = scriptum.

Something written, a writing (rare, and not in Cic., for scriptum, liber, libellus): ne cum poëtā scriptura evanesceret, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; id. Ad. prol. 1:

diurna actorum, i. e. acta diurna,

the public paper of the State, Tac. A. 3, 3:

nemo annales nostros cum scripturā eorum contenderit,

id. ib. 4, 32:

in alterā scripturā,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 12; Vitr. 5, 4, 1; Vulg. Dan. 5, 17; 25.—Of an inscription:

statuae aetatem scriptura indicat,

Vell. 2, 61, 3.—

In eccl. writers: kat exochên Scriptura, or, in the plur., Scripturae, the Scriptures, Vulg. Matt. 21, 42; id. Johan. 7, 42.—Esp. sing.: scriptūra, ae, a scripture, a passage of Scripture, Vulg. Marc. 14, 49; id. Johan. 19, 24.—

Publicists' and jurid. t. t.

Public.

A tax paid on public pastures:

advorsum legem a me ob meam scripturam pecudem accepit Aeraque,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 42 sq.; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Att. 11, 10, 1; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1.—

A written law (syn. lex scripta):

cum per ignorantiam scripturae multa commissa fierent,

Suet. Calig. 41.—

Jurid. t. t.

A testamentary provision:

primum demonstrandum est, non esse ambigue scriptum... Deinde ex superiore et ex inferiore scripturā docendum, etc.... quae autem ex omni consideratā scripturā perspicua fiant, haec ambigua non oportere existimari,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 34:

dubia,

id. 7, 9, 6.—

A will: suprema, Cod. Th. 16, 1, 40.

līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.

līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.

Lit.:

gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—

Transf.

To file off:

plumbum limatum,

lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

limata scobs,

id. ib.:

cornum limatum lima lignaria,

Scrib. 141:

acumen ossis,

Cels. 8, 10, 7.—

To rub, whet:

cornu ad saxa limato,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—

Trop.

In gen., to file, polish, finish:

quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—

In partic.

To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

subtiliter mendacium,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —

Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—

To file off, take away from, diminish:

tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

commoda alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

vir oratione maxime limatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

Mart. 7, 51, 5:

pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

Attici,

id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

limatius dicendi genus,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

limatius ingenium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

limatius scriptum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

limatius quaerere,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.

līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

caput alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.

† Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—

A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.