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follis

follis · m

A pair of bellows

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Where it lives

Antoninus Heliogabalus 2 · 3.45/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Saturae 5 · 2.01/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Peristephanon Liber 2 · 1.14/10k
Epigrammata 6 · 1.07/10k
Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. follis — Lewis & Short

follis, is, m.cf. flo.

I Lit.

A A pair of bellows: formae, quas vos effici sine follibus et sine incudibus non putatis, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54; cf.: folle fabrili flando accenderunt, Liv. 38, 7, 12; Verg. G. 4, 171; id. A. 8, 449: Hor. S. 1, 4, 19; Pers. 5, 11.—

B A playing-ball inflated with wind, a windball: ego te follem pugillatorium faciam, et pendentem incursabo pugnis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 16: folle decet pueros ludere, folle senes, Mart. 14, 47, 2; 4, 19, 5; cf. folliculus, I. B.—

C A leathern money-bag: et tenso folle reverti Inde domum possis, Juv. 14, 281; so Dig. 35, 1, 82; Veg. Mil. 2, 20; Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23.—

2 Transf., a small piece of money: centum folles aeris, Lampr. Heliog. 22: quinquaginta folles petere, Aug. Civ. D. 22, 8; id. adv. Crescent. 3, 29.—

D A cushion or pillow inflated with air, a wind-cushion, Lampr. Heliog. 25, 2.—

II Transf., the stomach: devorata in follem ventris recondere, Macr. S. 7, 4.—Poet., puffed cheeks: tunc immensa cavi spirant (causidici) mendacia folles, Juv. 7, 111.

2. follis — Walde–Hofmann

follis, -is m. ,lederner Schlauch; Windball, Ballon; Blasebalg; Geldbeutel; Urinblase, Hodensack, Hülse u. dgl.* (vlt. und rom. auch „aufgeblasener Tor*, Goldberger Cl. 20, 138) (seit Plaut., rom., ebenso -iculus [davon -iculüris Paul. Fest., -iculäta Cl] „kleiner Schlauch, Baly der Hülsenfrüchte usw." seit Lucil. [rom. auch *-icellus, *-iolus, *émfollió], -icö, -äre „sich wie ein Blasebalg bewegen* seit Apul. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. follis, p. 556]

In the wild

follis Martial, Epigrammata 7.32.7
folles Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.1.6.p1
follem Juvenal, Saturae 5.13.61
folles Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.15.p3
follibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.8.p1
follibus Juvenal, Saturae 4.10.61

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. follis (scan p. 268; entry #4197).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. follis (scan pp. 556-558; entry #1151). Root candidates: *bhel-, *bhiw-, *hen-.

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