thin plate

nĕbŭla, ae, f. [like nubes; Sanscr. nabhas; Lat. aër, caelum; Gr. nephelê], mist, vapor, fog, smoke, exhalation (syn.: nubes, nimbus).

Lit.: fluviis ex omnibus et simul ipsa Surgere de terrā nebulas aestumque videmus, etc., Lucr. 6, 477; Verg. A. 8, 258:

tenuem exhalat nebulam,

id. G. 2, 217. — Poet., of the clouds:

nebulae pluviique rores,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 56; Verg. A. 1, 412; 439 (for which, nubes, id. ib. 587; Ov. M. 6, 21. —Of smoke, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 31.—Of any thing soft or transparent:

nebula haud est mollis, atque hujus est,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

desine Inter ludere virgines Et stellis nebulam spargere candidis,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6.—

Prov.: nebulae cyathus, of any thing worthless, trifling,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 62.—

—Personified = Nephele,

Hyg. Fab. 2 and 3.—

Transf., a foggy mist, a vapor, cloud:

pulveris nebula,

Lucr. 5, 253:

nebulae dolia summa tegunt,

Ov. F. 5, 269:

pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae,

Pers. 5, 181; Sil. 6, 281: per nebulam audire, aut scire aliquid, to hear or know a thing indistinctly, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 47; id. Capt. 5, 4, 26 (for which:

quasi per caliginem videre,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 2).—

A thin, transparent substance; of a thin garment: aequum est induere nuptam ventum textilem, Palam prostare nudam in nebulā lineā, Laber. ap. Petr. 55;

of a thin plate of metal,

Mart. 8, 33, 3.—

Trop., darkness, obscurity:

erroris nebula,

Juv. 10, 4:

nebulae quaestionum,

obscure, puzzling questions, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.:

suspicionum nebulae,

vague suspicions, Amm. 14, 1, 4.—Of something empty, trifling, worthless:

grande locuturi nebulas Helicone legunto,

Pers. 5, 7 (for which:

nubes et inania captare,

Hor. A. P. 230).

bractĕa (also brattĕa), ae, f. [perh. kindr. with brachô, to rattle], a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf (thicker plates of metal are called laminae; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 18, 2: bractea dicitur tenuissima lamina): aranea bratteaque auri, * Lucr. 4, 729:

leni crepitabat brattea vento,

Verg. A. 6, 209:

inspice, quam tenuis bractea ligna tegat,

Ov. A. A. 3, 232; Mart. 8, 33, 6; Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61; cf.

argenteae,

id. 37, 7, 31, § 105.—

Poet.:

viva,

the golden fleece of Spanish sheep, Mart. 9, 62, 4.—

Meton., thin layers of wood, veneers (opp. lamina):

ligni,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 232.—

Trop., show, glitter: eloquentiae, Sol. praef. 2.

spŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. shtiv.; Gr. ptuô; Germ. speien; Engl. spit], to spit, to spit out, spew (very rare; not in Cic.).

Neutr.:

Antoniam Drusi non spuisse percelebre est,

Sol. 1, § 74:

ex toto spuere desisse,

Cels. 2, 8, § 77:

in faciem alicujus,

Vulg. Num. 12, 14.—Esp., as a charm against fascination, etc. (cf. conspuo, I. fin.):

veniam a deis petimus spuendo in sinum,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35; cf.:

qui sputatur morbus,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 18 sqq. Brix ad loc.; Schol. Juv. 7, 112 Mayor ad loc.—

Act.:

sicco terram (i. e. pulverem) spuit ore viator Aridus,

Verg. G. 4, 97.—Hence, spūtum, i, n. (acc. to II.).

Lit., spit, spittle; sing., Cels. 2, 8 med.; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38; plur., Lucr. 6, 1188; Prop. 4 (5), 5, 66; Mart. 2, 26, 2; Petr. 131, 4; Sen. Const. 1, 3.—

Transf., of a light, thin plate, Mart. 8, 33, 11.

charta, ae ( chartus, i, m., Lucil. ap. Non. p. 196, 19). f., = o chartês (cf. the letter A), a leaf of the Egyptian papyrus, paper, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 68 sqq.; Lucr. 6, 112; 6, 114; Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113:

dentata,

smooth, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 1:

emporitica inutilis scribendo involucris chartarum segestriumque mercibus usum praebet,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 76:

epistulares,

Mart. 14, 11 in lemm.; Dig. 33, 9, 3, § 10:

novae,

ib. 37, 11, 4:

purae,

ib. 32, 1, 52, § 4:

transversa,

Suet. Caes. 56:

vacuae,

Mart. 14, 10, 2.—

Meton.

The papyrus plant itse ' f, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 68.—Far more freq.,

That which is written upon paper, a writing, letter, poem, etc., Lucr. 3, 10; 4, 971; Cic. Cael. 17, 70; id. Att. 2, 20, 3; Cat. 1, 6; 68, 46; Hor. C. 4, 9, 31; id. S. 1, 10, 4; id. Ep. 2, 1, 35; 2, 1, 161; 2, 1, 270; id. A. P. 310:

Arpinae, i.e. Ciceronis,

Mart. 10, 19. —

Transf., a thin leaf, plate, lamina, tablet (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under chartês, 3.):

plumbea,

Suet. Ner. 20.

lāmĭna or lammĭna, and sync. lamna (e. g. Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,

lamina,

id. 5, 3), ae, f., a thin piece of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer, lamina [root la, = ela- of elaunô; cf. elatos].

Lit. (class.):

cum lamina esset inventa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

tigna laminis clavisque religant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3:

cataphracta rum tegimen ferreis laminis consertum,

Tac. H. 1, 79:

plumbi,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166:

ex argento laminas ducere,

id. 33, 9, 45, § 128; cf.:

aes in laminas tenuare,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ossa in laminas secare,

id. 8, 3, 4, § 7:

tenuem nimium laminam ducere,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

argutae lamina serrae,

the blade of a saw, Verg. G. 1, 143; of a knife, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; of a sword, Ov. M. 5, 173; 12, 488:

doliorum,

i. e. staves, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236 (Jahn, lanas):

laminae aëneae,

Vulg. Exod. 38, 6.—

Transf.

Laminae ardentes, red-hot plates, instruments of torture for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so,

candens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; without adj.:

advorsum laminas, crucesque conpedisque,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—

Money coin: et levis argenti lamina crimen [p. 1032] erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf.

fulva,

a gold piece, gold, id. M. 11, 124:

inimicus lamnae,

foe to money, Hor. C. 2, 2, 2:

tuas opes... laminas utriusque materiae,

of each precious metal, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—

A saw, Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—

Aurium, the flap of the ear, Arn. 2, 72:

aurium laminae frigescunt,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—

The tender shell of an unripe nut, Ov. Nux, 95.

lāmĭna or lammĭna, and sync. lamna (e. g. Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,

lamina,

id. 5, 3), ae, f., a thin piece of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer, lamina [root la, = ela- of elaunô; cf. elatos].

Lit. (class.):

cum lamina esset inventa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

tigna laminis clavisque religant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3:

cataphracta rum tegimen ferreis laminis consertum,

Tac. H. 1, 79:

plumbi,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166:

ex argento laminas ducere,

id. 33, 9, 45, § 128; cf.:

aes in laminas tenuare,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ossa in laminas secare,

id. 8, 3, 4, § 7:

tenuem nimium laminam ducere,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

argutae lamina serrae,

the blade of a saw, Verg. G. 1, 143; of a knife, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; of a sword, Ov. M. 5, 173; 12, 488:

doliorum,

i. e. staves, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236 (Jahn, lanas):

laminae aëneae,

Vulg. Exod. 38, 6.—

Transf.

Laminae ardentes, red-hot plates, instruments of torture for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so,

candens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; without adj.:

advorsum laminas, crucesque conpedisque,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—

Money coin: et levis argenti lamina crimen [p. 1032] erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf.

fulva,

a gold piece, gold, id. M. 11, 124:

inimicus lamnae,

foe to money, Hor. C. 2, 2, 2:

tuas opes... laminas utriusque materiae,

of each precious metal, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—

A saw, Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—

Aurium, the flap of the ear, Arn. 2, 72:

aurium laminae frigescunt,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—

The tender shell of an unripe nut, Ov. Nux, 95.

tăbella, ae ( nom. plur. TABELAI, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. I. R. 196). f. dim. [tabula].

In gen., a small board, a little table or tablet (rare and mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

liminis,

i. e. the door-sill, Cat. 32, 5:

tabella aerea,

a brass plate, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19: hos (libellos) eme, quos artat brevibus membrana tabellis, little tablets, i. e. small pages, Mart. 1, 3, 3:

parva tabella capit ternos utrimque lapillos,

small gamingboards, Ov. A. A. 3, 365; id. Tr. 2. 481:

pistor multiplices struit tabellas,

i. e. thin cakes, Mart. 11, 31, 9.—Of the basket or cradle in which Romulus and Remus were exposed:

heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit,

the little bark, Ov. F. 2, 408.—

In partic. (class.).

A writing-tablet:

tabellis pro chartis utebantur antiqui, quibus ultro citro, sive privatim sive publice opus erat, certiores absentes faciebant, unde adhuc tabellarii dicuntur: et tabellae missae ab imperatoribus,

Fest. p. 359 Müll.:

tabellae Imponere manus,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 27:

abiegnae,

id. A. A. 3, 469:

litteras tabellae insculpere,

Quint. 1, 1, 27:

fecit et Libyn puerum tenentem tabellam,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59.—

Hence, transf., in plur., a writing, written composition, letter, contract, will, etc.:

tabellas proferri jussimus... Recitatae sunt tabellae in eandem fere sententiam,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

allatae sunt tabellae ad eam a Stratippocle, eum argentum sumpsisse,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 68:

ex tabellis jam faxo scies,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 47:

tabellas consignare,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 86:

tu quidem tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,

with sealed writings, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

publicae Heracleensium,

public records, id. Arch. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 43, 16, 13:

tabellae quaestionis plures proferuntur,

minutes of evidence, Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas?

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 31:

rasae,

id. A. A. 1, 437:

nuptiis tabellas dotis ipse consignavit,

the marriage contract, Suet. Claud. 29:

falsas signare tabellas,

forged wills, Juv. 8, 142:

laureatae,

a letter announcing a victory, Liv. 45, 1, 8.— Sing. (rare):

testimonium per tabellam dare,

in writing, Tac. Or. 36: ex tabellā pronuntiare sententiam, Suet. Claud. 15.—

A tablet for voting, a ballot.

In the comitia, used in electing a magistrate or deciding upon the acceptance of a proposed law: in the former case the elector wrote down the name of a candidate; in the latter, each voter received two tablets, on one of which were the letters U. R., i. e. uti rogas, denoting approval;

on the other, A., i. e. antiquo (for the old law), denoting rejection: me universa civitas non prius tabellā quam voce priorem consulem declaravit,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

an ego exspectem, dum de te quinque et septuaginta tabellae dirimantur?

id. ib. 40, 96:

tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est,

id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; cf.:

si populo grata est tabella, quae frontis aperit hominum,

id. Planc. 6, 16. —

In courts of justice; here each judge usually received three tablets; one of which, inscribed A., i. e. absolvo, denoted acquittal; another, with C., i. e. condemno, written on it, denoted condemnation;

and the third, with N. L., i. e. non liquet (it is not clear), left the case undecided: cum tabella vobis dabitur, judices, non de Flacco dabitur solum: dabitur de bonis omnibus,

Cic. Fl. 39, 99:

huic judicialis tabella committetur?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

de quibusdam etiam imperitus judex dimittere tabellam potest,

give his vote, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 5:

quamlibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Caes. B. C. 3, 83; cf. Suet. Aug. 33. —

A painted tablet, a small picture or painting:

ea (exhedria) volebam tabellis ornare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 71:

inveniat plures nulla tabella modos,

id. ib. 2, 680:

comicae tabellae,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114; cf.:

cubicula tabellis adornavit,

Suet. Tib. 43:

Tyrrhena sigilla, tabellas, Sunt qui non habeant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

Pausiaca,

id. S. 2, 7, 95.—

A votive tablet, hung up in a temple, and on which one acknowledged by writing or painting the favor or aid he had received from a deity:

nunc, dea, nunc succurre mihi, nam posse mederi, Picta docet templis multa tabella tuis,

Tib. 1, 3, 28:

et posita est meritae multa tabella deae,

Ov. F. 3, 268:

votiva,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33; so Juv. 12, 27:

memores,

Ov. M. 8, 744. —

A fan:

quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 38.