stilus (not stylus), ī, m
STIG-,
a pointed instrument
; hence, in a double sense: si meus stilus ille fuisset, ut dicitur,
had that weapon been mine, had I been the author of that tragedy
: hic stilus haud petet ultro Quemquam,
my pe<*> will stab no one wantonly
, H.—For writing on waxen tablets,
an iron pencil, style
: orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae,
with an Attic pen
: luxuries, quae stilo depascenda est, i. e.
to be moderated by practice in writing
: vertit stilum in tabulis suis, i. e.
makes erasures
(with the broad upper end of the style): Saepe stilum vertas, H.—
A writing, composition, practice of composing
: stilus optimus dicendi effector: exercitatus,
a practised pen.—A manner of writing, mode of expression, style
: Dissimili oratione sunt factae (fabulae) ac
stilo,
in language and style
, T.: artifex stilus,
an artistic style
.