slip (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.III. A twig separated from the main stock1. surcŭlus (usu. but not always a shoot from the ground)2. planta (more freq. a rooted plant3. virga (a twig)IV. A small slip of paper • slip (subs.): I. Lit.: lapsus, ūs (slippery movement): Liv. Of the foot, in walking, vestigii lapsus (R. and A.). II. Fig.: miss, mistake, fault: Phr.: 'twixt cup and lip there's many a s., inter os et offam (quod aiunt) multa intervenire possunt, Cato in Gell. 13, 17: to make a s., errare, labi, peccare (v. to err, mistake): that was a s. of memory (in an author), memoria lapsus est (R. and A.): per oblivionem in errorem incidit, cf. Suet. Caes. 28: s.s of memory, memoriae labentis offensationes, Sen. Ben. 5, extr.: lapsus memoriae (Kr.): v. error. III. A twig separated from the main stock: 1. surcŭlus (usu. but not always a shoot from the ground): to break off a s. (from a tree), s. defringere ex. ..., Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110 (fig.): to plant off a s., s. transferre, Col. 3, 10. 2. planta (more freq. a rooted plant: cf. Pall. 5, 2): to knock off a s. from a bough, p. de ramulo deferre, Varr. R. R. 1, 55: to set a s., p. deponere in horto, Ov. R. Am. 193. 3. virga (a twig): to set a s., v. deplantare, Col. 3, 10 (Ov. M. 14, 630 = a slip for grafting). IV. A small slip of paper: perh. (parva), scĭda (schĕda), plăgŭla: v. sheet.