holus-bolus

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• holus

  hŏlus (better than ŏlus; archaic he-lus; cf.: helus et helusa antiqui dicebant, quod nunc holus et...

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

• holus

  holus (olus) eris, n kitchen herbs, vegetables, cabbage, turnips, greens: rarum in dumis, V.: donec...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• bolus

  bŏlus, i, m., = βόλος, a throw or cast (ante- and post-class.; cf. jactus). I Lit. A Of dice in...

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

• bolus

  bolus ī, m , βόλος, a throw (of dice, etc.); hence, a haul, piece of luck: mihi ereptus e faucibus,...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Bolus

  ·noun A rounded mass of anything, ·esp. a large pill. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bolus

  A nick name for an apothecary. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose