I.a thinking of any thing, a preparation.
I. In gen.: “belli,” Tac. H. 4, 26; id. A. 15, 35: “arietum meditamenta,” thoughtfully prepared battering-rams, Amm. 23, 4, 10.— *
II. In partic.; plur.: puerilia, rudiments taught to children at school, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.