bolum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bolus, boli:
Common · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
precious stone;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →bolus, boli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
throw of dice; hard piece of luck; choice bit; catch (fish net), haul, profit;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →bolos, boli:
Common · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
precious stone;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aleator nullus est sapientior; profecto nimis lepide iecisti bolum: periurum perdidisti. sed nunc ubi est leno Labrax..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...triumpho si licet me latere tecto abscedere. crucior bolum tantum mi ereptum tam desubito e faucibus. quid agam..."De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...litus ingressi, piscatores trahentes rete adierunt et pepigerunt, bolum quanti emerent; nummos solverunt; diu expectaverunt, dum retia extraherentur..."
