tabella

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

tabella ae, f dim.

tabula, a small board : ternis instructa lapillis, i. e. gaming-board , O.: Heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit, frail plank (i. e. bark ), O.: liminis, the door-sill , Ct.— A fan : quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu, O.— A little picture, small painting : ea (exedria) tabellis ornare: priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus, O.— A waxed tablet for writing, writing-tablet : tabellae Imponere manūs, O.: abiegnae, O.—In the comitia, a ballot, polling-ticket, vote : cerata tabella cerā legitimā, i. e. with wax of uniform color (to protect secrecy): tabellā consulem declarare, i. e. by ballot : tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est.—In a court of justice, a judge's ballot, juror's tablet, vote (inscribed with letters indicating his judgment or verdict, as C for condemno; A for absolvo; NL for non liquet): iudicialis: ternas tabellas dari ad iudicandum iis, etc., Cs.— A votive tablet, memorial tablet : votiva, H.: memores, O.—Plur, a writing, written composition, letter, epistle : tabellae laureatae, a despatch reporting a victory , L.: Cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas?O.: tabellas proferri iussimus.— A document, contract, deed, record : Heracliensium publicae, public records : tabellae quaestionis, minutes of the examination : falsae forged wills , Iu.: tabellis obsignatis agis mecum, i. e. you hold me strictly to what I have said .