monogrammus

mŏnogrammus or -os, -on, adj., = μονόγραμμος, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,

• I Of incorporeal gods, shadowy: Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow: monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur, Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—
• II A species of jasper: quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur, Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

monogrammus [CL < μονόγραμμος], ~a, ~um [LL] 1 (as adj.) written as a single character. litterae ‥ ~ae scriptae nonnullis in locis inveniuntur, ubi pictura cum museo in pariete imaginis aut in velis, vel alicubi aliter facta fuerit. ibi eorum nomina cum congerie litterarum unum caracterem pictores facere soliti sunt, quod monogramma dicitur Runica Manuscripta 353; Ib. (v. 2a infra). 2 (as sb. n.) single letter, monogram. b cross as sign manual. loetiferas vero scrobibus versute latentes / decipulas sensit Vuinfridus presul, eisdem / perditus insidiis, tantum monogrammate lusus Frith. 656; Runica Manuscripta 353 supra).  b 956 ego ‥ hoc ~um signo crucis Christi sigillo CS 973.

mŏnŏgrammus, a, um, ou -ŏs, -ŏn, fait simplement de lignes, ébauché, linéaire || [fig.] monogrammi dei Cic. Nat. 2, 59, ombres de dieux (dieux réduits à des lignes, à des contours) || -mus, m. , maigre, décharné, ombre : Lucil. d. Non. 37, 11 || espèce de jaspe : Plin. 37, 118.