glŏbŭlus

i, m.

id.

I. a little ball, a globule (post-Aug. and very rare).
I. Lit.: (chrysocollae) globulis sudore resolutis, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.—
2. Esp.
(a). a lump of food, dumpling, Cato, R. R. 79; Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.—
(b). Med. t. t., a pill, Scrib. 13 al.—
II. Trop., of speech, a rounding: melliti verborum, Petr. 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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