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单词 pugillares
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pugillaresn.

Brit. /ˌpjuːdʒᵻˈlɑːreɪz/, /ˌpjuːdʒᵻˈlɑːrɪz/, U.S. /ˌpjudʒəˈlɑreɪz/, /ˌpjudʒəˈlɑriz/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pugillārēs.
Etymology: < classical Latin pugillārēs (masculine plural) writing tablets (see pugillaries n.). Compare Italian pugillari , plural (1723 in the passage translated in quot. 1729). Compare later pugillaries n.
historical.
With plural agreement. In ancient Rome: writing tablets, typically made of wood and coated with wax, and written on using a stylus.
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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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