tăbŭla (noun F) : root ta-, tab; whence also taberna, q. v.
* A board, plank.
* In gen.: si tabulam de naufragio stultus arripuerit,Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; cf. id. Att. 4, 18, 3; Verg. A. 1, 119: laceras tabulas in litore vidi,Ov. M. 11, 428: tabula navis,Juv. 14, 289; Verg. A. 9, 537: inauratae,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114: latera (fossarum) cluduntur tabulis,id. 33, 4, 21, § 76: perforatae,Col. 7, 4, 5.—Esp., a board to play on, Ov. de Nuce, 77; Sen. Tranq. An. 14, 7; Juv. 1, 90.
* In partic.
* A writing-tablet; also, a tablet written upon, a writing, as a letter, contract, account, list, will, etc. (cf. tabella): tabulae litteris Graecis confectae,Caes. B. G. 1, 29: cerata,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: litteraria, a writing-tablet for children, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10; cf.: laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto,Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56: ponatur calculus assint Cum tabula pueri,Juv. 9, 41: tabula calculatoria, Schol. Juv. 7, 73.
* Of any formal or solemn writing: in tabulas multis haec via fecit iter,i. e. a will, testament,Ov. A. A. 2, 332; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 11; Juv. 2, 58; 4, 19; 12, 123; 14, 55; Mart. 5, 39, 2: Dicaearchi tabulae,maps,Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3: lapideae,Vulg. Exod. 24, 12; id. 2 Cor. 3, 3.
* A painted tablet or panel, a painting, picture: tabula picta,Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 36; Cic. Brut. 75, 261: imago in tabulis,id. Fin. 5, 1, 3; id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; id. Par. 5, 2, 37; Prop. 1, 2, 22; 2, 3, 41; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 64. — Prov.: manum de tabulā, take your hand from the picture! enough! it is finished! sed heus tu, manum de tabulā, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1; cf.: dixit (Apelles) ... uno se praestare, quod manum de tabulā sciret tollere,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80.
* A votive-tablet (on which a shipwreck was painted): me tabula sacer Votiva paries indicat, etc.,Hor. C. 1, 5, 13: largire inopi, ne pictus oberret Caeruleā in tabulā,Pers. 6, 32 (cf.: mersā rate naufragus assem Dum rogat et pictā se tempestate tuetur,Juv. 14, 301).
* A bed or plot of ground in a vineyard, Pall. Jan. 11; id. Febr. 10, 1; 9, 9; Auct. Limit. p. 311 Goes.
* A fold in a garment, Tert. Pall. 1 and 5.