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SyIUXCOS (SvpiaKos), a, um, adj. of or 
pertaining to Syria, Syrian, Syriac. Cic. 
SyRIaRCHX (Xvpiapxns), »> in. the chief 
3 priest in Syria who superintended the pub¬ 
lic games. Cod. Tlicod. — His office and 
dignity were called Syriarchia. Cod. Just. 
SyRI A'i lCOS (Syria], a, urn, adj. Syrian. 
3 FI or. 
SyRICuS (Id.), a, um, adj. Syrian. Co- 
2 lum. 
SyRINGaTRS (syrinx), a, um, adj. hol- 
3 lowed oat like a pipe. Apic. htedus. 
SyRiNGIaS (evpiyyias), ae, m. sc. cala¬ 
mus, a kind of cane or reed good for 
pipes, avpiyyia;. Plin. 
SyRINGITeS {avpiyyirris), :e, m. a kind 
of precious stone. Plin. 37, 67. 
SyRINGOTSMIUM ( avpiyyordpinv ), il, 
3 n. a surgical instrument for catting flstu- 
lw. Vegct. 
SyRiNX (Xu/uyJ), ingis, f. a reed or pipe 
made of a reed. — Hence, a girl changed 
into a reed. Ovid. -IT Also, a sub¬ 
terraneous cave or passage. Ammian. 
SyRISCOS (Supwcor), a,’urn, adj. Syrian. 
3 Virg. 
r P as a prrenomen, denotes Titus, as, 
5 T. Livius; but Ti. denotes Tiberius, 
as, Ti. Gracchus. 
TXBaNOS (unc.), i, m. a gadfly, horsefly, 
oxfly, gadbee, dunfly, pvaiip, or olaroos■ 
Farr. 
TaB£FaCTOS (obsol. tabefacio), a, um, 
3 adj. melted, dissolved, tokt6s. Solin. 
TXBeLLX (dimin. of tabula), ae, f. a little 
table or tablet, small board, aaviiiov, 
mvaKinv. Plin. — Hence, the trough in 
which Romulus and Remus were exposed. 
Ovid. —— H Also, a kind of pastry or cake. 
Martial. -IT Also, a fan. Ovid. - 
IT Also, a board for gaming upon, a 
gaming-table. Ovid. -IT Also, a pic¬ 
ture, painting, ypaQy, MXros. Cic. Ex- 
hedria volebam tabellis ornare. Plin. 
Comical tabellte, h. e. representing scenes 
taken from theatrical pieces. -IT Also, 
a tablet used by schoolboys for writing on, 
or for casting up sums. Plin. — Also, 
in general, a writing-tablet. Ovid. Also, 
a letter, billet, note, emaroXfi. Ovid. — 
Hence, any writing or written composition, 
as, a bill, bond, contract, will, &c. 
ypappariSiov, ypappareiov. Juvenal. 
Falsas signare tabellas, h. e. will, testa¬ 
ment. Suet'on. Tabellae dotis, h. a mar¬ 
riage-contract. Cic. Tabellis obsignatis 
agis mecum, h. e. you commit to writing 
what I have said. Id. Tabellae quaestio- 
nis, h. e. minutes of evidence. Martial. 
Guadringentorum reddis mihi tabellas, 
h. e. bonds. Liv. Signatis tabellis publi- 
cis, h. e. public papers which lay in the 
archives. — Particularly, a letter or writ¬ 
ing. Cic. Tabellas proferri jussimus. 
-IT Also, a votive tablet, a tablet or 
small board on which a person acknowl¬ 
edged in writing that he had been succored 
or^benrfited by some deity. Such tablets 
used to be hung up in the temple of that 
deity in token of gratitude. Juvenal. Vo- 
tivatabella, or, simply, Tibull. and Ovid. 
Votiva. - IT Also, a tablet used in 
voting in the comitia. Cic. In the time 
of Cicero, the people voted no longer 
by word of mouth, but by tablets which 
were cast into an urn. When comitia 
were held for the election of a magis¬ 
trate, they wrote the names of the can¬ 
didates on separate tablets, and he 
whose name stood on the greatest 
number of tablets, obtained the office. 
If the comitia were held respecting a 
bill for a law which was to be ratified 
or rejected, each voter received two 
tablets. On the one, by which the bill 
was approved of, the letters U. R., h. e. 
uti rngas, were written; on the other, 
by which it was rejected, the letter A., 
i. e. antiquo, I reject the bill. — Such 
ablets were also used in courts of jus- 
ice. Each judge received three, on 
SYRITeS (avpirys), ®, m. a small stone 
found in the bladder of wolves. Plin. 
SyRIUS (Svpios), a, um, adj. of orpertain- 
.2 ing to Syria, Syrian. Tibull. ros. Sue- 
lon. dea, h. e. perhaps Cybele. - 
IT Syrlus, a, um, of or belonging lo the 
island of Syros. Cic. 
SyRMX ( ovpua), &tis, n. that which is 
3 dragged or trailed. Hence, the train of 
a robe, a robe with a train. Martial. 
SyRMXTICOS ( ovppaTLKds ), a, um, adj. 
3 having a train. Vegct. jumentum, h. e. 
limping, foundered. 
SyROPHCENIX CZvpucpoivi^), Icis, m. 
3 and f. of Phoenicia, on the borders of 
Syria. Juvenal. 
SrR6S, i, f. an island of the JEgean sea, 
one of the Cyclades. 
SyRTICOS (ZvpriKos), a, um, adj. of or 
belonging to, or at the Syrtes. Senec. 
gentes.-IT Also, sandy. Sidon. 
SyRTIS (avpTif), is, f. sands, shelves, 
quicksands, a syrtis, a sandy place in the 
sea, attracting ships which sailed near it, 
and on that account dangerous to pass. 
There were particularly two such in the 
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one of which was written the letter A., 
h. e. absolvo ; on another C., It. e. con- 
demno; on the third JT. L., h. e. non 
liquet, the matter is not exactly clear to 
me, I do not know how to vote. If, after 
the votes had been given, those with A. 
were the greatest number, then the ac¬ 
cused was acquitted ; if those with C., 
he was condemned ; if those with JV. 
L., the matter was undecided. - 
II Also, a tent. Varr. dimidiata, h. e. 
a small, narrow tent. 
TXBeLLaRIOS (tabella), a, um, adj. re¬ 
lating lo tablets. Tabellaria lex, a regu¬ 
lation that, in voting, tablets should be used 
instead of word of mouth. There were 
four such leges; namely, Oabinia, that 
the election of magistrates should be 
made by tablets. Cassia, that tablets 
should be used in courts of justice, ex¬ 
cept in the judicium perduellionis. Cielia 
had reference to the judichtm perduellio¬ 
nis. Papiria, that the people, in ratify¬ 
ing or rejecting a law, should vote with 
tablets. - IT Also, relating to letters. 
Senec. navis, h. e. a packet-boat .— Hence, 
Tabellarius, subst. a letter-carrier, cou¬ 
rier, ypaup.aro(f)6pos. Cic. 
TXBeLLIo (tabella), 6ni3, m. a notary, 
3 scrivener, one who draws up written in¬ 
struments, as, contracts, wills, &c. 
Pandect. 
TaB£ 8 (from ryieo, Dor. t6lko>), es, ui, 
3 n. 2. to melt. Hence, to drop, drip, or 
trickle with any thing. Virg. Artus sale 
tabentes, h. e. drenched with salt water. 
Id. genie, h. e. wet with tears. - 
IT Hence, also, to decay, waste away, be 
consumed. Ovid. Corpora tabent. 
TXBeRNX (unc.), ®. f. a hut for dwelling 
in, a cottage. Horat. Pauperum taber- 
nse.-IT Also, a stall, shed, or shop 
where any thing is sold. Also, a work¬ 
shop. Cic. Concursare.circum tabernas. 
Id. libraria, or, simply, Horat. Taberna, 
h. e. a bookseller's shop. Varr. unguen- 
taria. Herat, tonsoris. Pandect, cau- 
ponia. Tacit, sutrina. Liv. argentaria, 
h.c. an exchange office, a bank. Also, a 
butcher’s shop or stall. Liv. Ad tabernas, 
quibus Novis est nomen 1 ; ibi ab lanio cul- 
tro arrepto, &c. Cic. In tabernatn dever- 
tere, h. e. an inn, tavern, or public house. 
Also, a bawdy house, brothel. Catull. and 
Propert. In Rome there was a place in 
the forum called tabernae, h. e. the shops. 
There were tabernas veteres and nova. 
Also, without taberna. Cic. and Liv. 
-IT Also, a hut, booth, shed, or stand 
for spectators at the games. Cic. 
Mar. 35. 
TXBeRNaCOLUM (taberna), i, n. a tent 
which one pitches for his pleasure, on 
a journey, or when one has not or can¬ 
not find any other shelter or dwelling. 
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Mediterranean sea, near Africa, Syrtis 
Major and Minor; the former r ear Cv- 
reiiaica, the latter near Byzacene. Sal- 
lust, and Liv. — Hence, a sandy, desert 
country, whether near the Syrtes or else 
where. Horat. and Lucan. — Figui 
Cic. Orat. 3, 41. patrimonii, h. e. per 
haps a spendthrift. -IT Also, adjec 
tively, that is near the Syrtes. 
SyROS (probably from cr vpoi), i, m. a he¬ 
'd som, broom. Varr. 
SyROS (Xvpof), a, um, adj. of or belonging 
to Syria, Syrian. Horat. — Hence, Sy- 
rus, i, m. a Syrian. Syri, the Syrians 
Cic. 
SySTeMX (itv orr/pa), &tis, n. a whole con- 
3 sisting of several things, a system. Marc. 
Cap. 
SySTOLe (avarnXii), es, f. the figure 
3 called systole, when a long syllable is used 
as a short one. Diomed. 
SySTyLOS (owruXos), on, adj. close col- 
2 umned, when the columns are six modules 
distant from each other. Vitruv. 
SyZyGIX (trvijvyta), eb, f. a conjunction or 
3 joining together. Tertull. 
Cic. Particularly, in war. Id. mili- 
tare, or, simply, Coes. and J\Tep. Taber- 
naculum. — Also, a tent which the consul, 
or any other magistrate about to hold the 
comitia, erected outside the city, in order 
to take the auspices in them. Capere tabci'¬ 
ll iiculum, to provide or take possession of 
such a tent; as, Cic. recte, li. e. in tlieprop- 
er manner, with due ceremonies. Id. vitio, 
h. e. not properly. Id. In una philoso- 
phia quasi taberriaculum vit;e collocate, 
h. e. to devote himself entirely to the study 
of philosophy. 
TXBeRNaRIuS (Id.), a, um, adj. of, be¬ 
longing, or relating lo huts, booths, or 
shops. Apul. blanditiae, h. e. common, 
such as are made in huts. — Hence, Ta- 
bernarius, subst. one who works or sells 
in a shop, a shopkeeper, consequently a 
common man. Cic. 
TXBeRNOLX (dimin. of taberna), x, f. 
2 a hut, cottage, col, small house. Apul. 
-If Also, a booth, shop, tavern. Sue- 
ton. and Pandect. 
TaP.eS (tabeo), is, f. a gradual wasting 
away of any thing or body by melting, 
putrefaction, disease, &c. Hence, it may 
be rendered a wasting away . melting, 
dissolving, corruption, putrefaction, &c. 
Senec. E’x mollissimo tabes est (nivis). 
Plin. arboris, h. e. a mouldering, rotting, 
or wasting of trees. Liv. Tabes cadave- 
ra absumebat, h. e. corruption, putrefac¬ 
tion. Ovid. Corpora tabe vetustas ab- 
stulerit. — Hence, a wasting away of a 
person or animal, either by a disease or 
with grief, a consumption, phthisis, cach¬ 
exy, atrophy. Cic. and Liv. -IT Also, 
an infectious or spreading disease, pesti¬ 
lence, plague. Sallust. Tanta vis inorti, 
uti tabes plerosque civium animos inva- 
serat. Liv. fenoris crescentis, h. e. the 
plaoue of the daily-increasing burden of 
debt. tacit. Ann. 11, 6. Tabes fori. 
-IT Also, the moisture of a wasting, 
decaying, or dissolving substance, &-C. 
Plin. Corpora in tabem resolvit. Lucan . 
nivis, h. e. slime of melting snow. Civ. 
sanguinis. — Also, any moisture, par¬ 
ticularly, impure, viscous or corroding 
matter. Ovid, veneni. Hence, Tacit, ocu- 
loruin, h. e. blindness occasioned by an ex¬ 
cessive con traction of the pupil of the eye. 
TaBeSCS (incept, of tabeo), is, n. 3. to 
melt gradually, be dissolved or consumed, 
waste or pine away, decline,languish, decay, 
decrease, vanish, Sec. by degrees, rrjKopat. 
Cic. Frigoribus durescit humor et ta- 
bescit calore, h. e. thaws. Lucret. Cer 
tabescens. Plin. Sal tabescit. tmc. 
dolore, h. e. to pine away with grief. 
also, Id. desiderio. Particularly, witn 
love. Ovid. — The perfect tabui, ana 
the tenses derived from it, seem usually 
to belong to this verb. Ovid. I abue- 
