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tābĕfăcĭo, fēci, 3, v. a. [tabes-facio], to melt, dissolve.
Trop.: tabefac audaciam virtutis eorum, Vulg. 1 Macc. 4, 32: vigilia honestatis tabefaciet carnes, subdue, id. Ecclus. 31, 1.
Hence, Part.: tābē̆factus, a, um, melted, dissolved (post-class.): tabefactis nivibus, Sol. 2 med.: cadaver in suo sanguine, Vulg. Jud. 14, 14.

tābĕfīo, factus sum, v. n. irr. dep., to be melted or dissolved (late Lat.), Cassiod. in Psa. 38, 13.

tăbella, ae (nom. plur. TABELAI, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. I. R. 196). f. dim. [tabula].

  1. I. In gen., a small board, a little table or tablet (rare and mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): liminis, i. e. the door-sill, Cat. 32, 5: tabella aerea, a brass plate, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19: hos (libellos) eme, quos artat brevibus membrana tabellis, little tablets, i. e. small pages, Mart. 1, 3, 3: parva tabella capit ternos utrimque lapillos, small gamingboards, Ov. A. A. 3, 365; id. Tr. 2. 481: pistor multiplices struit tabellas, i. e. thin cakes, Mart. 11, 31, 9.
    Of the basket or cradle in which Romulus and Remus were exposed: heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit, the little bark, Ov. F. 2, 408.
  2. II. In partic. (class.).
    1. A. A writing-tablet: tabellis pro chartis utebantur antiqui, quibus ultro citro, sive privatim sive publice opus erat, certiores absentes faciebant, unde adhuc tabellarii dicuntur: et tabellae missae ab imperatoribus, Fest. p. 359 Müll.: tabellae Imponere manus, Ov. P. 4, 2, 27: abiegnae, id. A. A. 3, 469: litteras tabellae insculpere, Quint. 1, 1, 27: fecit et Libyn puerum tenentem tabellam, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59.
      1. 2. Hence, transf., in plur., a writing, written composition, letter, contract, will, etc.: tabellas proferri jussimus … Recitatae sunt tabellae in eandem fere sententiam, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: allatae sunt tabellae ad eam a Stratippocle, eum argentum sumpsisse, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 68: ex tabellis jam faxo scies, id. Ps. 1, 1, 47: tabellas consignare, id. Curc. 2, 3, 86: tu quidem tabellis obsignatis agis mecum, with sealed writings, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33: publicae Heracleensium, public records, id. Arch. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 43, 16, 13: tabellae quaestionis plures proferuntur, minutes of evidence, Cic. Clu. 65, 184: cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas? Ov. Am. 3, 14, 31: rasae, id. A. A. 1, 437: nuptiis tabellas dotis ipse consignavit, the marriage contract, Suet. Claud. 29: falsas signare tabellas, forged wills, Juv. 8, 142: laureatae, a letter announcing a victory, Liv. 45, 1, 8.
        Sing. (rare): testimonium per tabellam dare, in writing, Tac. Or. 36: ex tabellā pronuntiare sententiam, Suet. Claud. 15.
    2. B. A tablet for voting, a ballot.
      1. 1. In the comitia, used in electing a magistrate or deciding upon the acceptance of a proposed law: in the former case the elector wrote down the name of a candidate; in the latter, each voter received two tablets, on one of which were the letters U. R., i. e. uti rogas, denoting approval; on the other, A., i. e. antiquo (for the old law), denoting rejection: me universa civitas non prius tabellā quam voce priorem consulem declaravit, Cic. Pis. 1, 3: an ego exspectem, dum de te quinque et septuaginta tabellae dirimantur? id. ib. 40, 96: tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est, id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; cf.: si populo grata est tabella, quae frontis aperit hominum, id. Planc. 6, 16.
      2. 2. In courts of justice; here each judge usually received three tablets; one of which, inscribed A., i. e. absolvo, denoted acquittal; another, with C., i. e. condemno, written on it, denoted condemnation; and the third, with N. L., i. e. non liquet (it is not clear), left the case undecided: cum tabella vobis dabitur, judices, non de Flacco dabitur solum: dabitur de bonis omnibus, Cic. Fl. 39, 99: huic judicialis tabella committetur? id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79: de quibusdam etiam imperitus judex dimittere tabellam potest, give his vote, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 5: quamlibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Caes. B. C. 3, 83; cf. Suet. Aug. 33.
    3. C. A painted tablet, a small picture or painting: ea (exhedria) volebam tabellis ornare, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3: priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus, Ov. A. A. 1, 71: inveniat plures nulla tabella modos, id. ib. 2, 680: comicae tabellae, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114; cf.: cubicula tabellis adornavit, Suet. Tib. 43: Tyrrhena sigilla, tabellas, Sunt qui non habeant, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180: Pausiaca, id. S. 2, 7, 95.
    4. D. A votive tablet, hung up in a temple, and on which one acknowledged by writing or painting the favor or aid he had received from a deity: nunc, dea, nunc succurre mihi, nam posse mederi, Picta docet templis multa tabella tuis, Tib. 1, 3, 28: et posita est meritae multa tabella deae, Ov. F. 3, 268: votiva, Hor. S. 2, 1, 33; so Juv. 12, 27: memores, Ov. M. 8, 744.
    5. E. A fan: quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 38.

tăbellārĭus, a, um, adj. [tabella], of or belonging to tablets, i. e.,

  1. I. (Acc. to tabella, II.A.) Of or pertaining to writing or to letters.
    1. A. Adj.: naves, vessels to carry letters, packet-boats, Sen. Ep. 77, 1.
      Hence,
    2. B. Subst.: tăbellārĭus, ii, m., a lettercarrier, courier: epistulam, quam attulerat Phileros tabellarius, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 1; 10, 31, 4; 15, 18, 2; id. Phil. 2, 31, 77; id. Prov. Cons. 7, 15; Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; Liv. 45, 1, 6 al.
  2. II. (Acc. to tabella, II. B.) Of or relating to voting-tablets: lex, regulating voting: sunt enim quattuor leges tabellariae, quarum prima de magistratibus mandandis, ea est tabellaria Gabinia, etc., Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Sest. 48, 103; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 1.

tăbellĭo, ōnis, m. [tabella, II. A.], one who draws up written instruments, such as contracts, wills, etc., a notary, scrivener, Dig. 48, 19, 9; Capitol. Macr. 4; Firm. Math. 4, 5; Cod. Th. 9, 19, 1.

tābĕo, ēre, v. n. [tabes], to melt, melt down or away, to waste away, consume (poet.).

  1. I. Lit.: aliis rebus concrescunt semina membris, Atque aliis extenuantur tabentque vicissim, Lucr. 4, 1262: corpora tabent, Ov. M. 7, 541: tabentes genae, Verg. A. 12, 221: tabens sanies, Stat. Th. 4, 364: sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt, dripping, Verg. A. 1, 173.
  2. II. Trop., to waste away, vanish: seditio tabetne an numeros augificat suos? Enn. ap. Non. 76, 2 (Trag. v. 105 Vahl.).

tăberna, ae, f. [root ta (tan); Gr. τείνω, perf. τέτακα; cf.: tabula, tenus], a hut, shed, booth, stall, shop constructed of boards.

  1. I. Hence, in gen., any slight structure used for a dwelling, a hut or cottage (very rare): tabernae appellatio declarat omne utile ad habitandum aedificium, non ex eo, quod tabulis cluditur, Dig. 50, 16, 183: pauperum tabernae, Hor. C. 1, 4, 13; so, obscurae, id. A. P. 229.
    Of stalls in the circus: qui in circo totas tabernas tribulium causā compararunt, Cic. Mur. 35, 73.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. Of a merchant, mechanic, taverner, etc., a booth, shop, workshop, stall, inn, tavern (class.): instructam ei medicinae exercendae causā tabernam dedit, Cic. Clu. 63, 178; cf.: instructam tabernam sic accipiemus, quae et rebus et hominibus ad negotiationem paratis constat, Dig. 50, 16, 185: taberna libraria, i. e. a bookseller’s shop, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; so simply taberna, Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Mart. 1, 118, 10: vinaria, Varr. L. L. 8, § 55 Müll.; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24: cretaria, unguentaria, Varr. l. l.: casearia, Dig. 8, 5, 8, § 5: argentaria, ib. 18, 1, 32; Liv. 26, 11, 7: purpuraria, Dig. 32, 1, 91: sutrina, Tac. A. 15, 34; cf.: ut Alfenus vafer omni Abjecto instrumento artis clausaque taberna Sutor erat, Hor. S. 1, 3, 131: Liparea, Vulcan’s shop, Juv. 13, 45: deversoria, an inn, tavern, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 81; id. Truc. 3, 2, 29; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23: cauponia, Dig. 33, 7, 13; cf.: cum in eandem tabernam devertissent, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14: occlusis tabernis, id. Cat. 4, 8, 17: concursare circum tabernas, id. ib.: occludere tabernas, id. Ac. 2, 47, 144: salax, Cat. 37, 1; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 8, 19: prope Cloacinae ad tabernas, Liv. 3, 48, 5: tabernam exercere, Dig. 33, 7, 15; Suet. Aug. 4: tabernam vel officinam conductam habuit, Dig. 5, 1, 19.
    2. B. Tres Tabernae, the Three Taverns, a place on the Appian Way, near Ulubrae and Forum Appii, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1; 2, 10; 2, 12, 2; 2, 13, 1; Vulg. Act. 28, 15.
    3. C. A passage, archway in the circus, Cic. Mur. 35, 73.
    4. D. Poet.: quae colis Durrachium Adriae tabernam, the market, Cat. 36, 15.

‡ tăbernācŭlārĭus, ii, m. [tabernaculum], a tent-maker, Inscr. Grut. p. 642, 8.

tăbernācŭlum, i, n. [taberna], a tent (syn. tentorium): tabernacula dicuntur a similitudine tabernarum, quae ipsae, quod ex tabulis olim fiebant, dictae sunt, non, ut quidam putant, quod tabulis cludantur, Fest. p. 356 Müll.; cf.: unde (sc. a tabernis) et tabernacula sunt dicta, licet ex tentoriis pellibus fiant, id. s. v. contubernales, p. 38 ib.

  1. I. In gen.: tabernaculo in litore posito, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87: in ipso aditu portus tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis collocabat, id. ib. 2, 5, 12, § 30: collocassem mihi in campo Martio, id. Pis. 25 61: militare, id. Brut. 9, 37: Caesar eo die tabernacula statui passus non est, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; Nep. Eum. 7, 1: tabernaculis stantibus castra reliquerunt, Liv. 22, 42, 2: tabernaculis detensis, Caes. B. C. 3, 85; Liv. 41, 3, 1: militare, Cic. Brut. 9, 37: regium, Liv. 24, 40, 11: regis, Curt. 3, 3, 8; 7, 10, 14: ducis, Tac. A. 1, 29: qui in unā philosophiā quasi tabernaculum vitae suae collocarunt, as it were, have pitched their tent, settled down, Cic. de Or. 3, 20, 77.
  2. II. In partic., in relig. lang.: tabernaculum capere, to choose a place for a tent without the city, wherein to observe the auspices previous to holding the comitia: tabernaculum recte captum, in the proper manner, with due ceremonies, Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; cf.: parum recte tabernaculum capere, Liv. 4, 7, 3: cum tabernaculum vitio cepisset imprudens, improperly, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33: tabernaculum vitio captum, id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 3.
  3. III. The Jewish tabernacle, Vulg. Num. 7, 1 et saep.

tăbernārĭus, a, um, adj. [taberna],

  1. I. of or belonging to booths or shops, used to denote any thing low, common: blanditiae, App. Mag. p. 229, 3: fabulae, a low kind of comedy, Diom. p. 487 P.; Fest. s. v. togatarum, p. 352 Müll.
  2. II. Hence, subst.
      1. 1. tă-bernārĭi, ōrum, m., shopkeepers, small dealers, Inscr. Orell. 1368: opifices et tabernarios atque illam omnem faecem civitatum quid est negotii concitare? Cic. Fl. 8, 18: concitator tabernariorum, id. Dom. 5, 13; (with aquarii) Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4.
      2. 2. tăbernārĭa, ae, the hostess of a tavern, Novell. Martian, § 4; cf. Schol. Juv. 8, 162; Isid. 15, 2, 43.

tăbernŭla (tăbernŏla, Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 47 and 50 Müll.), ae, f. dim. [taberna],

  1. I. a small booth or shop, a little tavern, Suet. Ner. 26; Dig. 5, 1, 19; App. M. 7, p. 190. 30; 9, p. 236, 40; id. Mag. p. 314, 27.
  2. II. Tă-bernŏla, ae, f., a place in Rome, Varr. l. l.

tābes, is, f. [root in Gr. τήκω, ἐτάκην, to melt; suffix as in plebes, pubes], a wasting away, melting, dwindling, consumption corruption, putrefaction; a wasting disease, consumption, decline; plague, pestilence.

  1. I. Lit. (class.; syn. lues): aegritudo (habet) tabem, cruciatum, afflictationem, foeditatem, Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27: fames lenta nos consumit tabe, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 156: atrox hiems seu parum provisi commeatus et orta ex utroque tabes, Tac. A. 12, 50: orta per Aegyptum, id. H. 5, 3: per tabem tot annorum omnibus consumptis, Liv. 40, 29, 5: cadaveris, Suet. Vit. 10; Luc. 2, 166; 7, 809: corpora … seu tabe vetustas Abstulerit, Ov. M. 15, 156: multorum tabe mensum mortuum, Liv. 3, 24, 4: arborum, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 225: soli, barrenness, id. 8, 21, 33, § 79: tanta vis morbi, uti tabes, plerosque civium animos invaserat, like a consuming fever, Sall. C. 36, 5; cf.: tanta vis avaritiae, velut tabes, invaserat, etc., id. J. 32, 4; id. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 359; Liv. 2, 23, 6; cf. id. 7, 22, 5.
    Trop.: tabes crescentis fenoris, Liv. 7, 38, 7: infecit ea tabes legionum quoque motas jam mentes, Tac. H. 1, 26; 5, 3: oculorum, id. ib. 4, 81; Ov. M. 2, 807: quos durus amor crudeli tabe peredit, Verg. A. 6, 442; Cels. 3, 22.
  2. II. Transf., concr., the moisture of a melting or decaying substance, corruption (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.): tabes liquentis nivis, Liv. 21, 36, 6; cf. Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; so, sanguinis, Liv. 30, 34, 10: funesta veneni, Ov. M. 3, 49: tinctaque mortiferā tabe sagitta madet, poison, id. P. 3, 1, 26: pituitae, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70: putri arboris, id. 15, 19, 21, § 80: cujus aceti asperitas visque in tabem margaritas resolvit, id. 9, 35, 58, § 120.

tābesco, bŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [tabes], to melt gradually, to be dissolved or consumed; to waste, pine, or dwindle away; to decay, decline, languish (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: frigoribus durescit umor: et idem vicissim mollitur tepefactus et tabescit calore, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; cf. Lucr. 6, 516; so, nives radiis (solis), id. 6, 964; 3, 581: cerae, Ov. A. A. 2, 89: sal, Cato, R. R. 88, 1; Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 95: calore Corpora, Ov. M. 15, 363.
  2. II. Trop.: crescere itemque dies licet et tabescere noctes, Lucr. 5, 680; so, senex dies, Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 8; Lucr. 5, 680: lumina, Cat. 68, 55: tuo maerore maceror, Macesco, consenesco et tabesco miser, Ossa atque pellis sum miser macritudine, id. Capt. 1, 2, 31: aeterno luctu, Lucr. 3, 911: molestiis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37: desiderio alicujus, id. Cat. 2, 4, 6: dolore ac miseriā, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 12: otio, Cic. Att. 2, 14, 1: assiduis curis, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 77: ut semel (Hypsipyle) Aemonio tabuit hospitio, Prop. 1, 15, 20 (18): amore, Ov. M. 3, 445; 4, 259: quodque aliena capella gerat distentius uber, Tabescat, i. e. is consumed with envy, Hor. S. 1, 1, 111: ex quibus (litteris) perspicio, nobis in hac calamitate tabescendum esse, Cic. Att. 3, 25 init.