titulus

British  

/ ˈtɪtjʊləs /

noun

1. history a sign bearing the condemned man's name and crime, attached to the top of the cross at a crucifixion

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Etymology

Origin of titulus

from Latin, literally: inscription, label, title

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Example Sentences

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titulus

And audacity gold goes to benmoreassynt2 for a clue in something closely resembling yer actual Latin: "Per Bovem miscuit titulus artificiosus autem pauper".

From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2012

I've taken the titulus from off her neck and set the hat over her head, and that was difficult enough for the praefect's eyes are very sharp.

From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

Cajetan's commentary on this article clearly emphasises the distinction between fundamentum and titulus: 'In the ownership of goods two things are to be discussed.

From An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching by George O'Brien

Williams' CVI is possibly correct; the line would then refer to the titulus of the poem in a published text.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg

This work exists in three forms: the first, a short treatise, "cui titulus est ephemerus," is dedicated to "Hieronymum Cardanum medicum, affinem suum," and has the date of 1543.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters

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