opisthographus

ŏpisthogrăphus, a, um, adj., = ὀπισθόγραφος,

• written on the back (as, of the paper, etc.), opisthographic (post-Aug.): commentarii, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.—Subst.: ŏpisthogrăphum, i, n., that which has been written upon on the back: testari in opisthographo, Dig. 37, 11, 4.

opisthographus, a, um (ὀπισθόγραφος), auf der Rückseite (des Papiers) geschrieben, libri, Plin. ep. 3, 5, 17: epistulae, Porphyr. Hor. ep. 1, 20, 9 M. – subst., opisthographum, ī, n., das auf der Rückseite Geschriebene, Ulp. dig. 37, 11, 4.

ŏpisthŏgrăphus, ī, m. (ὀπισθόγραφος), écrit sur le revers de la page : Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 5, 17 || subst. n. , papier écrit sur le revers : Ulp. Dig. 37, 11, 4.

Opisthogrăphus

(ὀπισθόγραφος). Written on both sides of the paper, a practice not usual with the ancients, but sometimes practised for motives of economy. See Pliny, Epist. iii. 5, 17; and the article liber.