LI-,
a letter, alphabetical sign, written sign of a sound
: (epistula) Graecis conscripta litteris,
Cs.: sus rostro si humi A litteram inpresserit: maximis
litteris incisum: alqd litteris mandare,
commit to writing
, Cs.: salutaris, tristis (i. e. A and C
on the ballots of jurors, for absolvo, condemno): provocatis ostentata inanibus
litteris,
as a pretence
, L.: ad me litteram numquam misit,
not a line.—A handwriting
: accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae: Arguit ipsorum
quos littera, Iu.—
A writing, document, record
: iunget nos littera,
inscription
, O.: littera poscetur,
acknowledgment in writing
, O.—Usu. plur: litterae
publicae,
records
, C., Cs.: ratio omnis et
omnes litterae,
accounts
: praetoris,
edict. —Plur., a letter, epistle
: mittuntur ad Caesarem ab Cicerone litterae,
Cs.: meas acceperat litteras: nullas iis praeterquam
ad te dedi litteras: per litteras mandare, ne, etc., Cs.:
invitare alqm per litteras: liber litterarum missarum et
adlatarum,
a book of correspondence
; cf. sing: Quam legis a raptā
Briseide littera venit, O.—Plur,
written monuments, literature, books, literary works
: litteras Graecas discere, S.: abest historia litteris nostris,
is wanting in our literature
: Graecae de philosophiā litterae,
philosophical literature
: damnum Hortensi interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt parvae
et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere, L.: cupidissimus litterarum, N.—Fig.,
learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters
: fac periclum in litteris, T.: erant in eo plurimae litterae: scire litteras,
to be educated
: homo sine ingenio, sine litteris: nescire litteras:
litterarum cognitio: in litteris vivere.
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