glaebŭla (glēb-), ae, f. dim. [glaeba].
I Prop., a small clod or lump of earth (postAug.): frumenta lapillisque carent et glaebulis, quas per trituram fere terrena remittit area, Col. 1, 6, 23; Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext. —
II Meton.
A A little farm , small piece of land : saturabat glaebula talis patrem ipsum turbamque casae, Juv. 14, 166; Ap. Met. 9, 35, 15.—
B Of other things, a small piece , little lump : myrrhae, Vitr. 8, 3: nivis, Scrib. Comp. 199: ex metallo, Plin. Ep. 10, 16, 3.