bilibri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bilibris, bilibris, bilibre:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
two-pound, weighing/containing two pounds; (2 Roman pounds = one and a half US);
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cella erat paulum nimis loculi lubrici, ibi erat bilibris aula sic propter cados, ea saepe deciens complebatur: vidi..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...natalis aliosve dierum festos albatus celebret, cornu ipse bilibri caulibus instillat, veteris non parcus aceti. quali igitur victu..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plebis magis optandus quam sperandus fuerit, frumentarium divitem bilibris farris sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse, ciboque obiciendo..."