correspondence Flashcards
1
Q
slave who sent mail
A
tabellārius
2
Q
slaves who wrote at their
master’s dications
A
librāriī/servī ab epistolīs/servī ā manū/āmanuēnsis
3
Q
book hinges for tablets used for letters
A
cōdicillī/pugilārēs
4
Q
instrument for writing on tablets
A
stilus/stylus/graphium
5
Q
reed pen
A
calamus
6
Q
ink
A
ātrāmentum
7
Q
thread for sealing a letter
A
līnum
8
Q
letters written on sheets of paper
A
schedae
9
Q
modern-style book
A
cōdex
10
Q
parchment
A
membrānum
11
Q
reused parchment or paper
A
palimpsēstum
12
Q
a stack of twenty sheets of paper
A
scāpus
13
Q
how much was a scapus equal to
A
paper obtained by one reed
14
Q
the pole about which a scroll is bound
A
umbilīcus
15
Q
knobs on ends of umbilicus
A
cornua
