bilibris

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bĭlībris, e [bilibra], of two pounds.

I Adj.

A Weighing two pounds : offae, Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 103: mullus, Mart. 3, 45, 5.—

B Containing two pounds : aqualis, * Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 39: cornu, Hor. S. 2, 2, 61.—

II Subst., a quantity of two pounds , Veg. Vet. 3, 6, 6; 3, 6, 10; Vulg. Apoc. 6, 6.

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