chirographum
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English
chirographum chirographi N N :: own handwriting; handwritten document, manuscript; written bond/charter/promise
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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), = χειρόγραφον.
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chīrŏgrăphum,¹² ī, n., [qqf. chīrŏgrăphus, ī, m. (cf. Quint. 6, 3, 100 ) et chīrŏgrăphŏn, ī, n., Sid. Carm. 16, 56 ]
1 l’écriture, la main de quelqu’un : quo me teste convincas ? an chirographo ? Cic. Phil. 2, 8, quelle preuve aurais-tu contre moi ? mon écriture ?
2 ce qu’on écrit de sa propre main : Cic. Br. 277 ; Fam. 2, 13, 3
3 engagement signé, reçu, obligation, reconnaissance : chirographi exhibitio Gell. 14, 2, 7, l’exhibition du reçu ; cf. Sen. Rhet. Contr. 6, 1 ; Sen. Ben. 2, 23, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
chīrographum (chīrografum), ī, n. (χειρόγραφον), Nbf. chīrographus, ī, m. (Fulv. b. Quint. 6, 3, 100), das mit eigener Hand Geschriebene, die Handschrift, eigenhändige Schrift, falsorum commentariorum et chirographorum officina, Cic.: suo chirographo mittere litteras, Planc. in Cic. ep.: alcis chirographum imitari, Cic.: chirographis credere, fidem habere, Cic.: ad proposita (Schreibvorlagen) reformare chirographum, Sen. – insbes., als t. t. der Geschäftsspr. = eigenhändige Verschreibung, Handschrift, Obligation, Wechsel, exhibitio chirographi, Gell.: alci chirographum dare, Sen.: per chirographum et cautionem credere, Porphyr.: domesticā cautione et chirographo obligare se alci ad praestandum, ICt.: chirographum debitoris scindere, Ambros. ep. 37, 44. – / griech. Form chirographon, Sidon. carm. 16, 56.
