document Copy link Outline 1. tăbŭla2. instrūmentum (a formal paper, a deed)3. lītĕrae, ārum4. expr. by scriptus • document: 1. tăbŭla: public d.s (records), t. publicae, Cic. 2. instrūmentum (a formal paper, a deed): a d. pertaining to a suit, litis inst., Quint.: Scaev. Dig. 3. lītĕrae, ārum: a public d. [an inventory] preserved in the treasury, l. publicae in aerario conditae, Cic. 4. expr. by scriptus: every kind of d., *quodcunque genus scripti libri: the d. ran thus, scriptum erat hoc modo (based on Cic.).