pen (subs.) Copy link Outline I. For writing1. călămus (strictly, of reed)2. penna (a quill3. stĭlus (a styleII. For cattle • pen (subs.): I. For writing: 1. călămus (strictly, of reed): to take up one's p. (in order to write), c. sumere, Cic. Att. 6, 8. a good p., c. bonus, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b: to mend a p., *c. exacuere (the part. temperato, Cic. Q. Fr. l. c., refers only to atramento: ink properly mixed). 2. penna (a quill: late): Isid. Or. 6, 14, 3 (instrumenta scribendi sunt calamus et penna). 3. stĭlus (a style: strictly, for writing on wax tablets: may be used fig., but not lit. for Eng. pen): the p. is the best master of eloquence, s. optimus dicendi magister, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150: speeches written with an almost Attic p., orationes paene Attico s. scriptae, id. Br. 45, 167: Quint. Phr.: during these years many works came from his p., per hos annos multa scripsit [ediditque]. II. For cattle: septum, etc.: v. fold (I.).