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tăbŭla , ae, f. root ta-, tab; whence also taberna, q. v.,
I.a board, plank.
II. In partic.
A. 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.—
C. A counter, office where records are kept: “suos necessarios conrogat, ut ad tabulam Sextiam sibi adsint horā secundā,Cic. Quint. 6, 25. —
D. 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. —
E. 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.—
F. 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. —
G. 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. —
H. 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). —
K. A bed or plot of ground in a vineyard, Pall. Jan. 11; id. Febr. 10, 1; 9, 9; Auct. Limit. p. 311 Goes.—
L. A fold in a garment, Tert. Pall. 1 and 5.
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