The corpus record — Latin

diploma

a letter folded double

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Where it lives

Otho 1 · 6.34/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Letters 6 · 0.93/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dī^plōma — Lewis & Short

dī^plōma, ătis (

dat. and

I abl. plur. regul. diplomatibus, Tac. H. 2, 65; Plin. Ep. 10, 122; Suet. Aug. 50; Murat. Inscr. 885, 4), n., = di/plwma, a letter folded double, viz.,

I A state letter of recommendation given to persons travelling to the provinces, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3; id. Att. 10, 17, 4; id. Pis. 37; Tac. H. 2, 54; Plin. Ep. 10, 14 al.—

II In gen., a document drawn up by a magistrate, assuring to the holder some favor or privilege, a diploma, Suet. Aug. 50; id. Calig. 38; Sen. Clem. 1, 10 fin.; Dig. 48, 10, 27 al.

In the wild

Diplomata Pliny the Younger, Letters 10.45.1
diplomatibus Suetonius, Otho 7.1
diplomatibus Historia Augusta, Helvius Pertinax 1
diplomata Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 90
diploma Cicero, Letters to Atticus 10.17.4
Diplomata Pliny the Younger, Letters 10.46.1

6 of 22 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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