The corpus record — Latin

globulus

globulus · m

a little ball

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Where it lives

Pro L. Flacco 2 · 1.83/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

glŏbŭlus — Lewis & Short

glŏbŭlus, i, m.dim.id.,

I a little ball, a globule (post-Aug. and very rare).

I Lit.: (chrysocollae) globulis sudore resolutis, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.—

2 Esp.

(a) a lump of food, dumpling, Cato, R. R. 79; Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.—

(b) Med. t. t., a pill, Scrib. 13 al.—

II Trop., of speech, a rounding: melliti verborum, Petr. 1.

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Where it came from

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