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glaebula

glaebula · f

a small clod

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

glaebŭla — Lewis & Short

glaebŭla (glēb-), ae, f.dim.id..

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; App. M. 9, p. 233.—

B Of other things, a small piece, little lump: myrrhae, Vitr. 8, 3: nivis, Scrib. Comp. 199: ex metallo, Plin. Ep. 10, 16, 3.

In the wild

glaebula Juvenal, Saturae 5.14.166
glaebulae Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.3.13
glebulam Pliny the Younger, Letters 10.74.3
glaebula Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 29.5.p3
Glebulas Petronius, Satyricon 57
glebulam Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5.3e.3.p6

Where it came from

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