Meaning of littera | Babel Free

Definitions

1. letter (of the alphabet)
   declension-1, feminine
2. handwriting
   declension-1, feminine, metonymically
3. letter, epistle
   declension-1, feminine, plural-normally
4. literature
   declension-1, feminine, plural-normally
5. letters, knowledge of literature, learning, scholarship
   broadly, declension-1, feminine, plural-normally
6. books (often a collection of letters, epistles, accounts, records, etc.)
   declension-1, feminine, plural-normally
7. record(s), account(s), document(s)
   declension-1, feminine, plural-normally
8. edict, ordinance
   declension-1, feminine, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“Tam Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae; non amabam, quod indicabat te non valere.”

While I was liking the handwriting of Alexis for it resembled so closely a likeness to your own handwriting, I wasn't liking it for it was indicating that you were not well.

“Litteras resignare.”

To unseal (or open) a letter.

“Abest historia litteris nostris.”

The story is missing from our literature.

“Sī versūs hōrum duōrum pœtārum neglegetis, magna parte litterārum carebitis.”

If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

“Praetoris litterae.”

A praetor's edict.

“Litteras revocavit.”

A letter of appointment. (a commission)

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