The corpus record — Latin

bilibris

of two pounds

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Where it lives

Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 4 1 · 0.6/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

bĭlībris — Lewis & Short

bĭlībris, ebilibra,

I 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.

In the wild

bilibris Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 4 p15
bilibrem Martial, Epigrammata 11.49.9
bilibres Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.372
bilibres Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.11.p1
bilibris Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 3.2
bilibri Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.2.61

6 of 10 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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