The corpus record — Latin

librilis

librilis · adj

Of a pound, weighing a pound

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Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
De bello Gallico 1 · 0.19/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

lībrīlis — Lewis & Short

lībrīlis, e, adj.libra.

I Of a pound, weighing a pound: tunica, Vop. Bonos. 15, 8: fundis librilibus sudibusque, Gallos proterrent, throwing stones of a pound each, Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4.—

II Of or pertaining to weighing.—Hence, subst.: lībrīle, is, n.

A A balance, pair of scales: in librili perpendere, Gell. 20, 1, 34.—

B A scale-beam: librile scapus librae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.

Where it came from

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