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lĭbellus, i, m. dim. [3. liber].* I.The inner bark of a tree, used for writing-tablets: levis in aridulo malvae descripta libello (carmina), Cinna ap. Isid. Orig. 6, 12. —II.Transf., a little book, pamphlet, esp. a book written in pages, and not in long rolls:A.epistulae, quas primus videtur ad paginas et formam memorialis libelli convertisse (opp. transversa charta),
Suet. Caes. 56.In gen.:2.scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello,
Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94:in quodam joculari libello,
Quint. 8, 6, 73; 2, 13, 15:quoi dono lepidum novum libellum,
Cat. 1, 1:horribilis et sacer,
id. 14, 12:quicquid hoc libelli est,
id. 1, 8:libellis eum (Scipionem) palaestraeque operam dare,
to books, Liv. 29, 19 fin.:nostri farrago libelli,
Juv. 1, 86.—Of a single satire, Hor. S. 1, 10, 92.—In plur., poet., a bookseller's shop:B.te (quaesivimus) in omnibus libellis,
Cat. 55, 4 (dub.; al. labellis); Mart. 5, 20, 8.—In partic., a writing of any kind.1.A memorandumbook, journal, diary:2.si quid memoriae causā retulit in libellum,
Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 19:in commentariolis et chirographis et libellis,
id. ib. 1, 7, 16; Quint. 12, 8, 5; cf. id. 10, 7, 31; 11, 3, 142; 6, 2, 5.—A memorial:3.non illi in libellis laudationum decreta miserunt,
Cic. Clu. 69, 197.—A petition:4.Atticus libellum composuit: eum mihi dedit, ut darem Caesari,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 4:libellum alicui porrigere,
Suet. Aug. 53:supplices libelli,
Mart. 8, 31, 3:vitem posce libello,
Juv. 14, 193: libellos signare, subnotare, to answer petitions:libellos signare,
Suet. Aug. 50:subnotare libellos,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 9; so,ad libellum rescribere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 3, 3, 5: libellos agere,
to have the charge of answering petitions, Dig. 20, 5, 12: a libellis, the officer charged with receiving petitions:Epaphroditum a libellis capitali poena condemnavit,
Suet. Dom. 14; Inscr. Grut. 587, 9:A LIBELLIS ADIVTOR,
ib. 587, 7.—A note of invitation, to hear a lecture, see a play, etc., a notice, programme:5.gladiatorum libellos venditare,
Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97:domum mutuatur et subsellia conducit et libellos dispergit,
Tac. Or. 9: munerarius, the programme of a festival, Treb. Claud. 5.—A public notification, announcement, placard, handbill:6.edere per libellos,
Suet. Caes. 41:libellos Sex. Alfenus, procurator P. Quincti, deicit,
tears down the auction handbills, Cic. Quint. 6, 27:suspensum amici bonis libellum,
Sen. Ben. 4, 12:vestitur tota libellis porticus,
Juv. 12, 100.—A letter:7.(laetitias) in libello hoc opsignato quas tuli pausillulo,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 16 (cf. epistulam, id. ib. v. 26):libellum ipsius habeo in quo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5: ut ex libellis ejus animadverti, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 1.—A libel, lampoon, pasquinade (post-Aug.):8.libellos aut carmina ad infamiam cujuspiam edere,
Suet. Aug. 55; id. Caes. 80; id. Vit. 14:sparsos de se in Curia famosos libellos,
id. Aug. 55:sive quis ad infamiam alicujus libellum aut carmen scripserit,
Gai. Inst. 3, 220:injuriam patimur... famosis libellis,
Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 1.—A written accusalion or complaint (post-Aug.):9.componunt ipsae per se formantque libellos,
Juv. 6, 244; Dig. 48, 2, 3.—A lawyer's brief:10.quid causidicis praestent magno comites in fasce libelli?
Juv. 7, 107.—An attestation, certificate:significent id libello manu sua subscripto,
Dig. 39, 4, 4.
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