librilis

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

lībrīlis, e, adj. [libra].

I Of a pound, weighing a pound : tunica, Vop. Bonos. 15, 8: fundis librilibus sudibusque, Gallos proterrent, throwing stones of a pound each , Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4.—

II Of or pertaining to weighing. —Hence, subst.: lībrīle , is, n.

A A balance, pair of scales : in librili perpendere, Gell. 20, 1, 34.—

B A scale-beam : librile scapus librae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.

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