I.of or belonging to tablets, i. e.,
I. (Acc. to tabella, II.A.) Of or pertaining to writing or to letters.
A. Adj.: “naves,” vessels to carry letters, packet-boats, Sen. Ep. 77, 1. — Hence,
B. Subst.: tăbellārĭus , ii, m., a lettercarrier, courier: “epistulam, quam attulerat Phileros tabellarius,” Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 1; 10, 31, 4; 15, 18, 2; id. Phil. 2, 31, 77; id. Prov. Cons. 7, 15; Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; Liv. 45, 1, 6 al.—
II. (Acc. to tabella, II. B.) Of or relating to voting-tablets: lex, regulating voting: “sunt enim quattuor leges tabellariae, quarum prima de magistratibus mandandis, ea est tabellaria Gabinia, etc.,” Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Sest. 48, 103; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 1.
