chirographus

chirographus
chīrŏgrăphum, i, n. (access. form * chīrŏgrăphus, i, m., sc. libellus or codex, Fulvius ap. Quint. 6, 3, 100 Spald., together with chirographum, Quint. ib. 5, 13, 8; and chīrŏgrăphon, i, n., Sid. Carm. 16, 56), = cheirographon.
I.
One ' s own handwriting, autograph; pure Lat. manus (in good prose;

freq. in Cic.): extrema pagella pupugit me tuo chirographo,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; Planc. ib. 10, 21, 3; Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16; 2, 4, 8:

neque utar meo chirographo neque signo,

id. Att. 2, 20, 5:

imitari,

id. N. D. 3, 30, 74 al. —
II.
Meton (abstr. pro concr.), that which is written with one ' s own hand: credidi chirographis ejus ( assurances in his own handwriting ), Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1;

so,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; id. Brut. 80, 277; id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; id. Phil. 1, 7, 16; Quint. 9, 2, 73; Suet. Aug. 87; id. Tib. 6; id. Calig. 24.—
B.
In the lang. of business, t. t., a bond, surety, or obligation under one ' s own hand (diff. from syngrapha, q. v.; not found with this meaning in Cic.), Gai Inst. 3, 134; Dig. 20, 1, 26; 49, 14, 3; Suet. Caes. 17; id. Calig. 12; id. Dom. 1; Gell. 14, 2, 7.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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