bill (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A beak (of a bird)1. rostrum2. cornu, n. (poet.)II. A mattock, battle-axe • bill (subs.): I. A beak (of a bird): 1. rostrum: v. beak. 2. cornu, n. (poet.): Ov. II. A mattock, battle-axe: q. v.: sĕcūris, is, f.
bill (a document in w Copy link Outline I. Legal t. t.II. A written promise to pay1. nōmen2. syngrăphaIII. A proposed law1. rŏgātĭo (in the class. authors only of b.s brought before the people)2. lex, lēgis, f. (a term applicable to all measures which have passed into law; q. v.)3. plēbiscītum (i. e. a b. passed by the commons)4. prīvĭlēgium (a b. affecting a single individual)IV. A written (or printed) novice1. lĭbellus2. tĭtŭlusV. An account (rendered) of money due • bill (a document in writing): I. Legal t. t.: lĭbellus (the most gen. term: v. address, petition): Juv.: Paul. Dig.: to bring in a b. of indictment against any one, aliquem libello citare, Pl.: v. to accuse, indict. II. A written promise to pay: 1. nōmen: he owed you a large sum on good b.s, tibi certis n. grandem pecuniam debuit, Cic.: to meet a b., nomen suscipere, Cic.: to draw b.s, nomina facere, Cic.: to assign a b., n. in alium transcribere (?), Liv. 2. syngrăpha: you advanced him money on his b., pecuniam ei per s. credidisti, Cic.: a b. payable at sight, *s. ex qua praesenti die pecunia debetur. Phr.: an accommodation b., versūra (?): Ter.: Cic.: v. bond. III. A proposed law: 1. rŏgātĭo (in the class. authors only of b.s brought before the people): to propose b.s to the people, rogationes ad populum ferre, Caes.: an argument against a b., dissuasio rogationis, Cic.: he spoke in favour of the b., suasit rogationem, Cic.: to reject a b., r. antiquare, Liv. 2. lex, lēgis, f. (a term applicable to all measures which have passed into law; q. v.): to bring forward a b., l. ferre, rogare, Ulp.: to carry a b., legem perferre, Liv. 3. plēbiscītum (i. e. a b. passed by the commons): Cic.: Dig. 4. prīvĭlēgium (a b. affecting a single individual): to bring forward such a b., de aliquo p. ferre, Cic. Phr.: the consuls proposed a b. to the people, consules populum rogaverunt, Cic. IV. A written (or printed) novice: 1. lĭbellus: b.s of the gladiators (= bills of the play), gladiatorum libelli, Cic.: Alfenus tears down the b.s (announcing the auction), libellos Alfenus dejicit., Cic.: Suet. 2. tĭtŭlus: to put up a b. on a house (to show that it is for sale or letting), lares sub titulum mittere, Ov.: Plin.: v. advertisement, placard. V. An account (rendered) of money due: *ratio (summa) accepti, debiti: Kr: v. account, debt. Miscell.: a b. of lading, tabella (? libellus) rerum vectarum (Ains.): a b. of sale, emptio, Scaev. Dig.: the b.s of mortality, *tabulae mortuorum: (cf. Suet. Ner. 39: "triginta millia in rationem Libitinae venerunt," which is about equiv. to our saying, "the bills of mortality exhibited the number of 30,000 deaths"): to send a b. of divorce to a wife (prop. of persons betrothed), repudium uxori mittere, Suet.: scribere, Tert.: nuntium uxori mittere, Cic. (though a written document is not necessarily implied): v. divorce.
bill (v.) Copy link • bill (v.): Phr.: to b. and coo, columbulatim labra conserere labris., Mat. ap. Gell.: labra labris ferruminare admodum, Pl.
BILL Copy link • BILL 1. of a bird), rostrum. Little bill, rostellum. 2. v. rostrum conserere rostro. To bill and coo (of persons), columbatim labra conserere labris. Vid: to COO. 3. a hook, falx, falx rostrata. Battle-axe, bipennis. 4. roll, index (genitive); numeri (of soldiers): of account, index mercium emtarum, libellus rationarius, tabella rationaria: present a bill, inferre rationem. A bill of fare, index ciborum: of divorce, litterae quibus repudium remittitur: to send one, alicui nuntium or repudium remittere: of exchange, syngrapha. A bill payable at sight, syngrapha, quae praesens, or praesenti die debetur; or pecunia, quae ex syngrapha praesens, or praesenti die debetur: a bill payable at twenty-one days, syngrapha, cui dies vicesima prima apposita est, or quae in diem vicesimam primam debeter (all after Martialis, Dig., 20, 1, 13: si dies apposita legato non est, praesens debetur, Ulp., 45, 1, 4; quoties in obligationibus dies non ponitur, praesenti die pecunia debetur, Paul., 7, 1, 4; quod vel praesens vel ex die dari potest). Bill of indictment, libellus. Bills of mortality, indices mortuoruni. Proposed law, rogatio, lex. To bring in a bill, legem or rogationem ferre: to pass it, rogationem or legem accipere; legem sciscere (of the people): to carry it through, rogationem or legem perferre: to reject it, legem or rogationem antiquare.