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liber
brī,
m
—Of a tree, the inner bark: obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci: udoque docent (germen) inolescere
libro, V.: cum alta liber aret in ulmo,
i. e. the elm is parched through, V.— Because dried bark was anciently
used to write on, a book, work, treatise: Platonis de morte:
caerimoniarum, ritual, Ta.: quas (sententias) hoc
libro exposui: libros pervolutare: libri confectio: libri carminum
valentium, of charms, H.: libros adire decemviri
iussi, i. e. Sibylline books, L.: libri
Etruscorum, religious books.—A division of a work, book:
tres libri de Naturā Deorum: dictum est in libro
superiore: legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus (sc.
librum).—A list, catalogue, register: litterarum adlatarum libri.—A letter, epistle: grandis, N.