Meaning of stilus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a stake, pale, spike
   declension-2, masculine, usually
2. a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly
   declension-2, masculine, usually
3. a stem, stalk
   declension-2, masculine, usually
4. a stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets
   declension-2, masculine
5. an act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; a manner of writing, mode of composition
   declension-2, masculine
6. a style in speaking, manner of speaking, mode of expression
   declension-2, masculine
7. a decision, verdict, opinion
   declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“ab hac medietate restium ligneus stilus exsurgens obliquus”

From the middle of these ropes a wooden arm rises obliquely

“[…]; deinde eas confecto aequinoctio paululo infra terram secare et ligneo stilo laxatis vel rubi vel ferulae medullis stercus inmittere atque ita semina cucumeris inserere, […]”

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“Omnis autem nux unam radicem mittit, et simplici stilo prorepit.”

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“cum vero iam ductus sequi coeperit, non inutile erit eas tabellae quam optime insculpi, ut per illos velut sulcos ducatur stilus.”

As soon as the child has begun to know the shapes of the various letters, it will be no bad thing to have them cut as accurately as possible upon a board, so that the pen may be guided along the grooves.

“Hic contra ut paulum exspectaret manu significat rursusque ceris et stilo incumbit.”

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“Ejus stylus, tunc historicus.”

Its [sc. The Spring and Autumn Annals] style' is historical.

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