tablet
tablet
subs.
For writing on: P. and V. πί̆ναξ, ὁ, Ar. and V. δέλτος, ἡ, Ar. and P. σᾰνί̆δες, αἱ, πῐνά̆κιον, τό, σᾰνί̆διον, τό, γραμμᾰτεῖον, τό, Ar. πῐνᾰκίσκος, ὁ.
Memorial tablet: Ar. and P. στήλη, ἡ.
Write on tablets, v. trans.: V. δελτοῦσθαι (acc.).
Tablets on which laws were written: see tables.
subs.
For writing on: P. and V. πί̆ναξ, ὁ, Ar. and V. δέλτος, ἡ, Ar. and P. σᾰνί̆δες, αἱ, πῐνά̆κιον, τό, σᾰνί̆διον, τό, γραμμᾰτεῖον, τό, Ar. πῐνᾰκίσκος, ὁ.
Memorial tablet: Ar. and P. στήλη, ἡ.
Write on tablets, v. trans.: V. δελτοῦσθαι (acc.).
Tablets on which laws were written: see tables.
TABLET
s. tabula (of wood): lamina (of wood or metal): tessera (of wood square): charta (of any material; e.g. of lead): tabellae pugillares (when consisting of several leaves).
s. tabula (of wood): lamina (of wood or metal): tessera (of wood square): charta (of any material; e.g. of lead): tabellae pugillares (when consisting of several leaves).
tablet:
1. tăbŭla (esp. a writing t.): a t. engraved with these letters, t. his literis incisa, Liv. 6, 29, ad fin.: a painted t., t. picta, Cic. Brut. 75, 261: a votive t., t. votiva, Hor. Od. 1, 5, 12: v.PICTURE : a writing-t. for children, t. literaria, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10: a t. covered with wax, t. cerata, Pl. Asin. 4, 1, 18: to put down one's name on the t.s (i. e. list) of the proscribed, referre nomen in tabulas, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21.
2. tăbella (dimin. of preced.): to engrave letters on a t. as neatly as possible, literas t. quam optime insculpere, Quint. 1, 1, 27: to write on t.s (previously smeared with wax, v. No. 4), perarare t., Ov. Am. 1, 11, 7: painted t.s, tabellae (sc. pictae), Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3: three voting-t.s apiece, ternae t., Caes. B. C. 3, 83: a votive t., votiva t., Hor. S. 2, 1, 33: t.s wreathed with laurel (in token of victory), laureatae t. (= literae), Liv. 45, 1.
3. aes, aeris, n. (bronze): to engrave on (bronze) t.s, in aes incidere, Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16.
4. cēra (a t. covered with wax): to write words on t.s, verba ceris incidere, Ov. Met. 9, 529: to bring back one's t.s full, plenas c. reportare, Plin. Ep. 1, 6: deserving to be entered on the t.s of Caere (i. e. to be disfranchised), Caerite cera dignus, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 62.
5. album (a white t., such as the Praetor and Pontifex Maximus used): to put down on the t.s, in album referre, Liv. 1, 32, ad init.: to sit at the t. (i. e. to study the praetor's edicts), ad album sedere, Sen. Ep. 48, 10.
6. pŭgillāres, ium, m. pl. (sc. libelli; writing t.s that can be easily held in the hand): a pen and t.s, stylus et p., Plin. Ep. 1, 6. Also in the form pŭgillāria, n. pl.: new t.s, not even yet covered with wax, p. nova, nondum etiam cera illita, Gell. 17, 9; Catul. 42, 5.
7. cōdĭcilli, m. pl. (small writing t.s): writing t.s, not letters, c., non epistolae, Plin. 13, 13, 27. Cic. uses the word for a short writing, or note.
8. tessĕra (of square shape, used as a token): he orders the t. to be given to every one, t. omnibus dari jubet, Liv. 7, 35, ad init.: the t. of mutual hospitality, t. hospitalis, Pl. Poen. 5, 2, 87: v. Dict. Ant. s. v. Dimin.: tessĕrŭla: a small voting t., t., Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18: also, of a small t. entitling the holder to receive a dole of corn, Pers. 5, 74. [N.B.--Tabula rasa is a modern phrase, introduced prob. by the writers on metaphysics, and must therefore, if used, be qualified by, ut aiunt, quam vocant, etc. Its origin may be traced in such passages as Ov. A. A. 1, 437.]
1. tăbŭla (esp. a writing t.): a t. engraved with these letters, t. his literis incisa, Liv. 6, 29, ad fin.: a painted t., t. picta, Cic. Brut. 75, 261: a votive t., t. votiva, Hor. Od. 1, 5, 12: v.
2. tăbella (dimin. of preced.): to engrave letters on a t. as neatly as possible, literas t. quam optime insculpere, Quint. 1, 1, 27: to write on t.s (previously smeared with wax, v. No. 4), perarare t., Ov. Am. 1, 11, 7: painted t.s, tabellae (sc. pictae), Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3: three voting-t.s apiece, ternae t., Caes. B. C. 3, 83: a votive t., votiva t., Hor. S. 2, 1, 33: t.s wreathed with laurel (in token of victory), laureatae t. (= literae), Liv. 45, 1.
3. aes, aeris, n. (bronze): to engrave on (bronze) t.s, in aes incidere, Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16.
4. cēra (a t. covered with wax): to write words on t.s, verba ceris incidere, Ov. Met. 9, 529: to bring back one's t.s full, plenas c. reportare, Plin. Ep. 1, 6: deserving to be entered on the t.s of Caere (
5. album (a white t., such as the Praetor and Pontifex Maximus used): to put down on the t.s, in album referre, Liv. 1, 32, ad init.: to sit at the t. (
6. pŭgillāres, ium, m. pl. (sc. libelli; writing t.s that can be easily held in the hand): a pen and t.s, stylus et p., Plin. Ep. 1, 6. Also in the form pŭgillāria, n. pl.: new t.s, not even yet covered with wax, p. nova, nondum etiam cera illita, Gell. 17, 9; Catul. 42, 5.
7. cōdĭcilli, m. pl. (small writing t.s): writing t.s, not letters, c., non epistolae, Plin. 13, 13, 27. Cic. uses the word for a short writing, or note.
8. tessĕra (of square shape, used as a token): he orders the t. to be given to every one, t. omnibus dari jubet, Liv. 7, 35, ad init.: the t. of mutual hospitality, t. hospitalis, Pl. Poen. 5, 2, 87: v. Dict. Ant. s. v. Dimin.: tessĕrŭla: a small voting t., t., Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18: also, of a small t. entitling the holder to receive a dole of corn, Pers. 5, 74. [N.B.--Tabula rasa is a modern phrase, introduced prob. by the writers on metaphysics, and must therefore, if used, be qualified by, ut aiunt, quam vocant, etc. Its origin may be traced in such passages as Ov. A. A. 1, 437.]
tablet
Tablets
- recording cures wrought by Aesculapius: Paus. 2.27.3, Paus. 2.36.1
- ancient tablet recording dedication by Hippolytus to Aesculapius: Paus. 2.27.4
- sealed waxen tablet containing directions of Aesculapius: Paus. 10.38.13
- bronze tablets inscribed with elegiac verses: Paus. 5.20.7, Paus. 5.24.11
- bronze tablet inscribed with treaty of peace: Paus. 5.23.4
- leaden tablet inscribed with Worksof Hesiod: Paus. 9.31.4
- tablet inscribed with oath of alliance: Paus. 5.12.8
- inscribed with list of prizes won by runner Chionis: Paus. 3.14.3
- tablet inscribed with rules relating to mysteries: Paus. 8.37.2(cp.vol. 4. p. 370 ff.)
- inscribed with names of Spartans who fought at Thermopylae: Paus. 3.14.1
- used in divining: Paus. 7.25.10
- persons who have consulted oracle of Trophonius record their experiences on a tablet: Paus. 9.39.14
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