BOARD Copy link • BOARD 1. tabula; assis or axis (thick board, plank). To cut a tree into boards, arborem in laminas secare. A house made of boards, aedificium tabulatum or ex tabulis factum. A floor laid with oak boards (planks), solum roboreis axibus compactum or constratum. To play on, tabula: forus aleatorius, alveus or alveolus (dice-board): abacus (board with squares). Table, mensa: figuratively, cena, convivium, epulae. Side-board, abacus. To lire at another’s board, aliena mensa or quadra vivere. To be separated from bed and board, cubilibus ac mensa discerni. Food and lodging, victus pacta mercede praebitus. Good board, victus lautus. To give one his board, gratuitum victum dare alicui. Assembly, collegium, consessus, consilium. On board, in navi. To go on board, navem conscendere. To have a person on board, sustulisse aliquem: a thing, vehere aliquid. To leap overboard, ex navi desilire or se projicere. To throw overboard, alicujus rei jacturam facere. 2. v. contabulare. Live at a certain price, ab aliquo, pacta mercede, ali; alicujus victu, pacta mercede, uti. To board and lodge with anybody, esse in hospitio apud aliquem; hospitio alicujus uti. Put at board, aliquem alicui pacta mercede alendum tradere. Enter a ship, in hostium navem transcendere; navem conscendere. Address, attempt, alloqui, compellari; tentare, petere, adoriri; praevertere.