单词 | pugillares |
释义 | pugillaresn. historical. With plural agreement. In ancient Rome: writing tablets, typically made of wood and coated with wax, and written on using a stylus. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > writing tablet > [noun] wax-bredc960 tableOE tabletc1300 writing tablea1451 writing tablet1601 codicil1640 tablette1711 pugillares1729 pugillaries1759 wax tablet1807 tabula1881 1729 J. Ogilvie tr. P. Giannone Civil Hist. Kingdom Naples I. iii. iii. 150 The Constitutions and Rescripts of the Princes used to be written in Codices and Pugillares [It. Codici e Pugillari], which were Tables of Wood, and also of Copper and Ebony. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) II. cxxxvi. 214 The stone, the palm leaf,..the parchment, and the pugillares, respectively served..to receive the written lucubrations of the ancient poet. a1833 J. Townley Illustr. Biblical Lit. (1856) i. 33 According to Pliny the public documents were written in leaden volumes, after the use of the pugillares, or wooden tablets, had been laid aside. 1927 Art Bull. 10 61 The consular diptychs were descended from the ancient writing-tablets or ‘pugillares’. 1993 R. A. Firmage Alphabet Abecedarium 18 Pugillares were convenient and reusable; however, the letters inscribed on them were purely functional, with no pretensions of aesthetic excellence. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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