chirographus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →chirographus, chirographi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Government
own handwriting; handwritten document, manuscript; written bond/charter/promise;
nom. sg.
Examples
- G
Titus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...egressum, confodi iussit; sane urgente discrimine, cum etiam chirographus eius praeparatae apud milites contioni deprehendisset. Quibus rebus sicut..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...propincus legatario interroganti an in tabulis quas proferebat chirographus esset "et verus", inquit, "domine". CI. Has aut accepi..."