glaeba

glaeba (glēba) ae, f

GLOB-, a lump of earth, clod : glaebis aliquem agere: nec ulli glaeba ulla agri adsignaretur, L.: rastris glaebas frangere, V.: Versare glaebas, H.: ornare glaebam virentem, i. e. an altar of turf , Iu.— Land, soil : Sicula, O.: Terra potens ubere glaebae, V.: duris Aequicula glaebis, hard soil , V.— A piece, lump, mass : sevi ac picis glaebae, Cs.