twelve

Nēleus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Nêleus, a son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, a king of Pylos, the father of twelve sons who were all, except Nestor, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 2, 689; cf. id. ib. 12, 552; Hyg. Fab. 10.—Hence,

Nēlēĭus, a, um, adj., Nelean:

Neleia Nestoris arva,

Ov. H. 1, 63:

Pyliae Neleia mella senectae,

i. e. the eloquence of Nestor, Sil. 15, 459.—Esp. as subst.: Nēlēĭus, i, m., the Neleian, i. e. Nestor:

haec postquam dulci Neleius edidit ore,

Ov. M. 12, 577.—

Nēlēus, a, um, adj., Nelean:

Nelea Pylos,

Ov. M. 6, 418; 12, 558.—

Nēlīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Nestor, a Nelide, Ov. M. 12, 553; Val. Fl. 1, 338.

palmus, i, m. [1. palma], the palm of the hand.

Lit.:

manūs palmum,

Vitr. 2, 3:

Graeci antiqui doron palmum vocabant: et ideo dora munera, quia manu darentur,

Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

Transf., as a measure of length, a span, or twelve digits, Varr. R. R. 3, 7:

amomum frutex myrtuosus, palmi altitudine,

Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48: minor, a smaller measure, a palm, or four digits, acc. to Vitr. 3, 1, 5.

paupĕrĭes, ēi, f. [id.], poverty ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. paupertas).

Lit.: quod in pauperie meā senex graviter gemam, Enn. ap. Non. 494, 5 (Trag. v. 236 Vahl.):

erum intulit in pauperiem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 21 (al. inpulit); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 59:

pauperiem et duros perferre labores,

Verg. A. 6, 437:

angustam pauperiem pati,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

immunda,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 199:

importuna,

id. C. 3, 16, 37:

dura,

id. ib. 4, 9, 49:

proba,

id. ib. 3, 29, 55:

vera,

Tac. H. 4, 47; Lact. 6, 20, 25:

vixit in summā pauperie et paene inopiā,

Suet. Gram. 11:

impoenitendae pauperiei se committere,

App. M. 11, p. 271, 35; cf. paupertas.—

Transf., in jurid. Lat., injury, damage, loss, which one suffers from an animal (perh. mentioned in the Twelve Tables):

si quadrupes pauperiem fecisse dicatur,

Dig. 9, tit. 1; Paul. Sent. 1, 15, 1:

pauperies est damnum sine injuriā facientis datum: nec enim potest animal injuriam fecisse, quod sensu caret,

Dig. 9, 1, 1.

Pĕrŭsĭa, ae, f., one of the twelve confederate towns of Etruria, the mod. Perugia, Liv. 9, 37, 12; Suet. Aug. 14; Vell. 2, 74, 3; Flor. 4, 5, 3.—Hence,

Pĕrŭsī-nus, a, um, adj., Perusian:

Perusina cohors,

Liv. 23, 17:

contentio,

i. e. the siege of Perusia by Octavianus, Plin. 7, 45, 46. § 148; the famine produced in the town by this siege (cf. Flor. 4, 5, 3) is referred to in Perusina fames, Luc. 1, 41; Aus. Ep. 22, 42:

sepulcra,

Prop. 1, 22, 3.— Subst.: Pĕ-rŭsīni, ōrum, m., the Perusians, Liv. 10, 30 sq.— Pĕrŭsīnum, i, n., a countryseat in the Perusian territory, Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 1.

Pĕrŭsĭa, ae, f., one of the twelve confederate towns of Etruria, the mod. Perugia, Liv. 9, 37, 12; Suet. Aug. 14; Vell. 2, 74, 3; Flor. 4, 5, 3.—Hence,

Pĕrŭsī-nus, a, um, adj., Perusian:

Perusina cohors,

Liv. 23, 17:

contentio,

i. e. the siege of Perusia by Octavianus, Plin. 7, 45, 46. § 148; the famine produced in the town by this siege (cf. Flor. 4, 5, 3) is referred to in Perusina fames, Luc. 1, 41; Aus. Ep. 22, 42:

sepulcra,

Prop. 1, 22, 3.— Subst.: Pĕ-rŭsīni, ōrum, m., the Perusians, Liv. 10, 30 sq.— Pĕrŭsīnum, i, n., a countryseat in the Perusian territory, Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 1.

Pĕrŭsĭa, ae, f., one of the twelve confederate towns of Etruria, the mod. Perugia, Liv. 9, 37, 12; Suet. Aug. 14; Vell. 2, 74, 3; Flor. 4, 5, 3.—Hence,

Pĕrŭsī-nus, a, um, adj., Perusian:

Perusina cohors,

Liv. 23, 17:

contentio,

i. e. the siege of Perusia by Octavianus, Plin. 7, 45, 46. § 148; the famine produced in the town by this siege (cf. Flor. 4, 5, 3) is referred to in Perusina fames, Luc. 1, 41; Aus. Ep. 22, 42:

sepulcra,

Prop. 1, 22, 3.— Subst.: Pĕ-rŭsīni, ōrum, m., the Perusians, Liv. 10, 30 sq.— Pĕrŭsīnum, i, n., a countryseat in the Perusian territory, Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 1.

Pĕrŭsĭa, ae, f., one of the twelve confederate towns of Etruria, the mod. Perugia, Liv. 9, 37, 12; Suet. Aug. 14; Vell. 2, 74, 3; Flor. 4, 5, 3.—Hence,

Pĕrŭsī-nus, a, um, adj., Perusian:

Perusina cohors,

Liv. 23, 17:

contentio,

i. e. the siege of Perusia by Octavianus, Plin. 7, 45, 46. § 148; the famine produced in the town by this siege (cf. Flor. 4, 5, 3) is referred to in Perusina fames, Luc. 1, 41; Aus. Ep. 22, 42:

sepulcra,

Prop. 1, 22, 3.— Subst.: Pĕ-rŭsīni, ōrum, m., the Perusians, Liv. 10, 30 sq.— Pĕrŭsīnum, i, n., a countryseat in the Perusian territory, Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 1.

pontĭfex ( pontŭ-), fĭcis [doubtless from pons-facio; but the original meaning is obscure], m., a Roman high-priest, a pontiff, pontifex (cf.:

antistes, sacerdos): pontifices, ut Q. Scaevola pontifex maximus dicebat, a posse et facere,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 83 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20, on the laws of the Twelve Tables; id. de Or. 3, 19, 73; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; Liv. 1, 20; Ov. F. 6, 454; Hor. C. 3, 30, 9; 2, 14, 28; 3, 23, 12; id. Ep. 2, 1, 26; Juv. 6, 604. Their chief or president was called Pontifex Maximus, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18; id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; Liv. 3, 54; 25, 5 et saep.: MAIOR VESTAE, Inscr. (a. 353 p. Chr. n.) Orell. 3184: pontifices minores, a lower class of pontiffs, minor or sub- pontiffs:

scribae pontificis, quos nunc minores pontifices appellant,

Liv. 22, 57, 3; Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 12; Verr. Fl. Fast. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 408;

Inscr. Cenot. Pisan. ap. Orell. 643: pontifices seu minores seu maximi,

Lact. 5, 19, 12.—

Transf.

The Jewish high-priest:

Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus,

Vulg. Lev. 21, 10:

Caiapham pontificem,

id. Johan. 18, 24.—Hence,

In the Christian period, a bishop, Sid. Carm. 16, 6.

pontĭfex ( pontŭ-), fĭcis [doubtless from pons-facio; but the original meaning is obscure], m., a Roman high-priest, a pontiff, pontifex (cf.:

antistes, sacerdos): pontifices, ut Q. Scaevola pontifex maximus dicebat, a posse et facere,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 83 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20, on the laws of the Twelve Tables; id. de Or. 3, 19, 73; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; Liv. 1, 20; Ov. F. 6, 454; Hor. C. 3, 30, 9; 2, 14, 28; 3, 23, 12; id. Ep. 2, 1, 26; Juv. 6, 604. Their chief or president was called Pontifex Maximus, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18; id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; Liv. 3, 54; 25, 5 et saep.: MAIOR VESTAE, Inscr. (a. 353 p. Chr. n.) Orell. 3184: pontifices minores, a lower class of pontiffs, minor or sub- pontiffs:

scribae pontificis, quos nunc minores pontifices appellant,

Liv. 22, 57, 3; Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 12; Verr. Fl. Fast. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 408;

Inscr. Cenot. Pisan. ap. Orell. 643: pontifices seu minores seu maximi,

Lact. 5, 19, 12.—

Transf.

The Jewish high-priest:

Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus,

Vulg. Lev. 21, 10:

Caiapham pontificem,

id. Johan. 18, 24.—Hence,

In the Christian period, a bishop, Sid. Carm. 16, 6.

scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 ( perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a. [root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. graphô; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben], prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence,

In gen.

Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo):

in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.:

litteras, tabellas,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 28:

(littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28:

nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,

id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28;

12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.:

hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83; cf.:

scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,

id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343:

in aquā,

Cat. 68, 4; cf.

also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,

Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis):

scribere decore,

to write a good hand, Amm. 30, 9, 4:

erat scriptum ipsius manu,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

suā manu scripsit,

Liv. 37, 10.—Of drawing, etc.:

si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,

has branded a runaway, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. steph. 10, 557:

totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,

Cat. 37, 10:

(Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,

draw, design, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5; Stat. S. 1, 3, 9:

quae Attalicis variata per artem Aulaeis scribuntur acu,

i. e. are embroidered, Sil. 14, 660:

scripto radiat Germanicus auro, i. e. sculpto,

Juv. 6, 205; cf. Mart. 11, 5, 3.—

Trop.: memor essem? etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis De Glycerio, graven, imprinted (syn.:

inscripta, insculpta),

Ter. And. 1, 5, 48:

arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro,

Stat. Th. 11, 514.—

In partic., with the accessory idea of intellectual action, of written composition of every kind, to write, write down, compose, describe, depict; to draw up, communicate, announce in writing (syn.: compono, perscribo).

With acc.:

quoniam de re publicā multa quaesierint et scripserint,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

Cn. Aufidius praetorius (caecus) Graecam scribebat historiam,

id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; so,

historiam,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Brut. 75, 262:

bellum,

Liv. 21, 1:

res gestas,

Hor. A. P. 74; id. Ep. 1, 3, 7 al.:

librum de rebus rusticis,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

scripsi etiam versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

carmen in aliquem,

id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

Furius defensionem causae suae scripsit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 29:

libellos,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 19:

notas,

id. ib. 3, 2, 90:

Diphilus Hanc (fabulam) Graece scripsit,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 33; Ter. Heaut. prol. 43; id. Hec. prol. 6 (cf. also infra, d):

versus,

Lucr. 1, 24; Hor. S. 1, 9, 23; 1, 10, 60:

carmina,

id. ib. 2, 5, 74; id. Ep. 1, 19, 3:

poëmata,

id. ib. 2, 2, 66 et saep.; cf.: scripsere alii rem Versibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 221 Vahl.):

formam et situm agri alicui,

to describe, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep.—Of written communications, letters, etc.:

epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1:

haec scripsi properans,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,

Liv. 41, 16:

plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3:

scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,

id. ib. 6, 4, 11:

haec ad te scripsi verbosius,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 5:

scriptā jam epistulā superiore,

id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,

id. Att. 4, 4, a:

epistulam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.:

scribere salutem,

to send a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.:

laudes atque gratias populo Romano,

Gell. 3, 8, 5.—With a personal object:

nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,

written down, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,

Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.:

scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,

id. C. 1, 6, 1.—With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11.—

With object-clause:

in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15:

ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.:

Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,

id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,

id. ib. 3, 13, 1:

Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 15, 8, 2:

Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,

Quint. 11, 1, 92:

post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep.—In pass., with nom. or acc.:

eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1:

scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—

With rel.-clause:

nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,

Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1:

scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,

id. ib. 14, 2, 2.—

Absol.:

quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,

Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19:

poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,

Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7:

sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

Hor. A. P. 38:

sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,

id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.:

Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,

Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25:

ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,

id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 495.—So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re:

tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3:

ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,

id. ib. 3, 27:

nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,

id. ib. 14, 12, 3:

senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,

id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.:

scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,

id. ib. 5, 8, 3:

in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,

id. ib. 2, 16, 11:

ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.:

Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,

id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep.— With ut, ne, etc.:

velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,

id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6.— With dat.:

consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,

Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29.—With ne:

Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,

Liv. 30, 23.—With simple subj.:

scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. —In Tac. also, with inf.:

scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,

Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. —In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures:

scriptum est,

i. e. it is said in Holy Writ, Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep.—

Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import.

Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.:

quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so,

leges,

id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf.

in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,

Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and:

testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:

haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2.—So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam [p. 1648] affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4:

quod me esse ad scribendum vides,

id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum):

Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,

to make, enter into, conclude, Liv. 42, 12.—

Milit. t. t.: scribere milites (legiones, supplementum, etc.), to enlist, enroll, levy:

milites,

Sall. J. 43, 3:

legiones,

id. C. 32, 1:

exercitui supplementum,

id. J. 39, 2:

supplementum legionibus,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; Liv. 8, 8:

exercitum,

id. 4, 43; 9, 8; 9, 19:

equites,

id. 10, 25; 21, 40; 35, 20:

socios navales,

id. 37, 2; so, too: sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, to enroll for the purpose of sending, to send, id. 10, 1:

socios scribere in urbem,

id. 4, 11, 4.—

Poet., transf.:

scribe tui gregis hunc,

enroll him among your retinue, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—

Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like dikên graphein tini, to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.):

Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,

Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,

id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25.—Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir:

testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,

Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.:

in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,

Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87:

aliquem coheredem,

Tac. Agr. 43 fin.:

aliquem exheredem,

to disinherit any one by will, Dig. 37, 4, 8, §§

1 and 6: aliquem tutorem liberis suis,

to appoint as guardian by will, Cic. Clu. 14, 41:

libertatem servo,

to bequeath to a slave his freedom, Dig. 29, 2, 71.—Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.:

pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for:

scribit nummos,

id. ib. 2, 4, 34:

sibi creditam pecuniam,

Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7:

genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,

ib. 4, 4, 17:

lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,

ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo.—Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz.,

(Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.:

in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,

Quint. 11, 2, 38;

v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217.—

(Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.):

ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,

the writing, the written expression, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,

have left something written concerning it, speak of it in their writings, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36:

quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,

id. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!

id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,

Quint. 1, 1, 15:

Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,

without notes, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. on the contrary: de scripto dicere, to speak or read from a written paper:

recitetur oratio, quae propter rei magnitudinem dicta de scripto est,

id. Planc. 30, 74; id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; id. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

laudavit pater scripto meo,

in a speech composed by me, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5:

adire aliquem scripto,

Tac. H. 4, 39:

cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

writings, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

scripta recitare,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 75:

nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,

id. ib. 1, 10, 56:

Graecorum Scripta optima,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 29:

si non accipiet scriptum,

Ov. A. A. 1, 469:

debueram scripto certior esse tuo,

id. H. 6, 4.—

(Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law:

quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

(Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,

id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.:

(senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,

rescript, id. Dom. 26, 69.

sē-lĭgo, lēgi. lectum, 3, v. a. [se-lego].

In gen. separate by culling out; to choose out, cul select (rare but class.;

syn.: eligo, deligo), nec vero utetur imprudenter hac copia (communium locorum), sed omnia expendet et seliget,

Cic. Or. 15, 47:

exempla,

id. ib. 29, 103; id. Fin. 3, 6, 22 Orell. and Otto N. cr.: ex quo (commentario) tu, quae digna sunt, selige, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 4; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 49; App. M. 10, p. 245, 10:

selectae sententiae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

(Romulus) selecta pectora Patres dixit,

Ov. F. 5, 71.—

In partic.

Judices selecti, the judges in criminal suits selected by the prœtor, Cic. Clu. 43, 121; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32; Hor. S. 1, 4, 123; Ov. Tr. 2, 132; id. Am. 1, 10, 38:

non potest ad haec sumi judex ex turbā selectorum,

Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 7; cf. also Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31.—

Di selecti, acc. to Varro, the following twenty Roman deities (twelve male and eight female): Deos selectos esse Janum, Jovem, Saturnum, Genium, Mercurium, Apollinem, Martem, Vulcanum, Neptunum, Solem, Orcum, Liberum patrem, Tellurem, Cererem, Junonem, Lunam, Dianam, Minervam, Venerem, Vestam, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 2 sq.; cf. Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 33. The sixteenth book of Varro's Antiquitates rerum divinarum treats of the di selecti; cf. Becker, Antiq. 4, p. 24 sq.

Suētōnĭus, ii, m., the name of a Roman gens. So,

C. Suetonius Paulinus (Lenis), father of the foll., Tac. A. 14, 29; id. H. 2, 23; 2, 31; id. Agr. 5; 14, 16; Suet. Oth. 10.—

C. Suetonius Tranquillus, a contemporary and friend of the younger Pliny, author of the biographies of the first twelve Roman emperors, Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 1 sq.; Spart. Hadr. 11, 3. See, concerning him, Bähr's Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 216 sq.

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.

Vēii or Vēji, ōrum, m., a very ancient city in Etruria, one of the twelve towns of the Etrurian confederacy, conquered by Camillus, near the mod. village of Isola, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 125; Liv. 4, 61; 5, 1; 5, 7 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,

Vēiens or Vējens, entis, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

arvum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 167:

senatus,

Liv. 4, 58:

bellum,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Liv. 4, 58; 5, 52.— Subst.:

Vēiens

, entis, m., an inhabitant of Veii, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—Mostly plur.:

Veientes,

the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientes, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; id. Phil. 9, 2, 4 sq.; Liv. 1, 15; 1, 27; 4, 1 sq.—

Vēientānus ( Vējen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Liv. 4, 19; 5, 30: uva, mart. 2, 53, 4.— Subst.: Vēientāna, ae, f. (sc. [p. 1963] gemma):

Italica,

a black precious stone found near Veii, Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.— Vējentānum, i, n. (sc. vinum), an inferior sort of wine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 143, cf. Pers. 5, 147; Mart. 1, 104, 9; 3, 49, 1.— Vējentāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientians, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—

Vejus (dissyl.) or Vēï̆us (trisyl.), a, um, adj., of Veii, Veian:

dux Veïus,

i. e. Tolumnius, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 31.— Subst.: Vēia or Vēja, ae, f., a proper name of a woman, Hor Epod. 5, 29.

Vēii or Vēji, ōrum, m., a very ancient city in Etruria, one of the twelve towns of the Etrurian confederacy, conquered by Camillus, near the mod. village of Isola, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 125; Liv. 4, 61; 5, 1; 5, 7 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,

Vēiens or Vējens, entis, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

arvum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 167:

senatus,

Liv. 4, 58:

bellum,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Liv. 4, 58; 5, 52.— Subst.:

Vēiens

, entis, m., an inhabitant of Veii, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—Mostly plur.:

Veientes,

the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientes, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; id. Phil. 9, 2, 4 sq.; Liv. 1, 15; 1, 27; 4, 1 sq.—

Vēientānus ( Vējen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Liv. 4, 19; 5, 30: uva, mart. 2, 53, 4.— Subst.: Vēientāna, ae, f. (sc. [p. 1963] gemma):

Italica,

a black precious stone found near Veii, Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.— Vējentānum, i, n. (sc. vinum), an inferior sort of wine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 143, cf. Pers. 5, 147; Mart. 1, 104, 9; 3, 49, 1.— Vējentāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientians, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—

Vejus (dissyl.) or Vēï̆us (trisyl.), a, um, adj., of Veii, Veian:

dux Veïus,

i. e. Tolumnius, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 31.— Subst.: Vēia or Vēja, ae, f., a proper name of a woman, Hor Epod. 5, 29.

Vēii or Vēji, ōrum, m., a very ancient city in Etruria, one of the twelve towns of the Etrurian confederacy, conquered by Camillus, near the mod. village of Isola, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 125; Liv. 4, 61; 5, 1; 5, 7 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,

Vēiens or Vējens, entis, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

arvum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 167:

senatus,

Liv. 4, 58:

bellum,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Liv. 4, 58; 5, 52.— Subst.:

Vēiens

, entis, m., an inhabitant of Veii, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—Mostly plur.:

Veientes,

the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientes, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; id. Phil. 9, 2, 4 sq.; Liv. 1, 15; 1, 27; 4, 1 sq.—

Vēientānus ( Vējen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Liv. 4, 19; 5, 30: uva, mart. 2, 53, 4.— Subst.: Vēientāna, ae, f. (sc. [p. 1963] gemma):

Italica,

a black precious stone found near Veii, Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.— Vējentānum, i, n. (sc. vinum), an inferior sort of wine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 143, cf. Pers. 5, 147; Mart. 1, 104, 9; 3, 49, 1.— Vējentāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientians, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—

Vejus (dissyl.) or Vēï̆us (trisyl.), a, um, adj., of Veii, Veian:

dux Veïus,

i. e. Tolumnius, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 31.— Subst.: Vēia or Vēja, ae, f., a proper name of a woman, Hor Epod. 5, 29.

Vēii or Vēji, ōrum, m., a very ancient city in Etruria, one of the twelve towns of the Etrurian confederacy, conquered by Camillus, near the mod. village of Isola, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 125; Liv. 4, 61; 5, 1; 5, 7 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,

Vēiens or Vējens, entis, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

arvum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 167:

senatus,

Liv. 4, 58:

bellum,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Liv. 4, 58; 5, 52.— Subst.:

Vēiens

, entis, m., an inhabitant of Veii, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—Mostly plur.:

Veientes,

the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientes, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; id. Phil. 9, 2, 4 sq.; Liv. 1, 15; 1, 27; 4, 1 sq.—

Vēientānus ( Vējen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Liv. 4, 19; 5, 30: uva, mart. 2, 53, 4.— Subst.: Vēientāna, ae, f. (sc. [p. 1963] gemma):

Italica,

a black precious stone found near Veii, Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.— Vējentānum, i, n. (sc. vinum), an inferior sort of wine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 143, cf. Pers. 5, 147; Mart. 1, 104, 9; 3, 49, 1.— Vējentāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientians, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—

Vejus (dissyl.) or Vēï̆us (trisyl.), a, um, adj., of Veii, Veian:

dux Veïus,

i. e. Tolumnius, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 31.— Subst.: Vēia or Vēja, ae, f., a proper name of a woman, Hor Epod. 5, 29.

Vēii or Vēji, ōrum, m., a very ancient city in Etruria, one of the twelve towns of the Etrurian confederacy, conquered by Camillus, near the mod. village of Isola, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 125; Liv. 4, 61; 5, 1; 5, 7 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,

Vēiens or Vējens, entis, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

arvum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 167:

senatus,

Liv. 4, 58:

bellum,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; Liv. 4, 58; 5, 52.— Subst.:

Vēiens

, entis, m., an inhabitant of Veii, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—Mostly plur.:

Veientes,

the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientes, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Tusc. 3, 12, 27; id. Phil. 9, 2, 4 sq.; Liv. 1, 15; 1, 27; 4, 1 sq.—

Vēientānus ( Vējen-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Veii, Veientian:

ager,

Liv. 4, 19; 5, 30: uva, mart. 2, 53, 4.— Subst.: Vēientāna, ae, f. (sc. [p. 1963] gemma):

Italica,

a black precious stone found near Veii, Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.— Vējentānum, i, n. (sc. vinum), an inferior sort of wine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 143, cf. Pers. 5, 147; Mart. 1, 104, 9; 3, 49, 1.— Vējentāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Veii, the Veientians, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.—

Vejus (dissyl.) or Vēï̆us (trisyl.), a, um, adj., of Veii, Veian:

dux Veïus,

i. e. Tolumnius, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 31.— Subst.: Vēia or Vēja, ae, f., a proper name of a woman, Hor Epod. 5, 29.