address (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A speaking to1. allŏquĭum2. affātus, ūs3. allŏcūtĭoII. A document drawn up to be laid before some person or persons in authority1. lĭbellus, i, m.2. cōdĭcillus, i, m. (usu. in pl.)III. Manner of speaking to or behaving before othersIV. Tact, dexterityV. In pl.VI. The inscription on a letter • address (subs.): I. A speaking to: 1. allŏquĭum: a gentle a., lene a., Liv. 2. affātus, ūs: Virg. 3. allŏcūtĭo: Plin.: Suet.: (esp. a consolatory address): Cat.: Sen. II. A document drawn up to be laid before some person or persons in authority: 1. lĭbellus, i, m.: Atticus drew up an a., and gave it me to present to Caesar, Atticus l. composuit, eum mihi dedit, ut darem Caesari, Cic.: v. petition. 2. cōdĭcillus, i, m. (usu. in pl.): to petition for anything by an a., precari aliquid per codicillos, Tac. III. Manner of speaking to or behaving before others: Phr.: to be person of good a., omni vita atque victu excultum atque expolitum esse, Cic. (v. refined): to have no a., inhumanum esse; urbanitatis expertem esse; in communi vita et vulgari hominum consuetudine hebetem esse ac rudem, Cic.: communi sensu plane carere, Hor.: v. refined, rude. IV. Tact, dexterity: q. v. V. In pl.: a.s. of courtship: only in phr. to pay one's a.s: pĕto: v. to court. VI. The inscription on a letter: inscriptĭo: the a. of a letter, epistolae inscriptio (gen. term, including all kinds of inscriptions: q. v.) Phr.: The greater part of your letters only announced to me your a., pleraeque (epistolae) tantummodo mihi nuntiabant ubi esses, Cic.: I see that your a. in travelling is altogether uncertain, loca et itinera tua nihil habere certi video, Cic.