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1 bolus
I.Lit.A.Of dice in gaming, a throw: si vis tribus bolis... Th. Quin tu in malam crucem cum bolis, cum bulbis, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 13:B.nimis lepide jecisti bolum,
id. Rud. 2, 2, 30:enumerare bolos,
Aus. Prof. 1, 26.—A cast of the net in fishing; and meton., the cast, i. e. the draught of fishes, the haul:II.bolum emere,
Suet. Rhet. 1.—Trop., gain, profit, advantage; a haul, winning, piece of fortune, etc.: primumdum merces annua: is primus bolu'st, that ' s her first haul, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10:B.intus bolos dat,
id. ib. 4, 2, 12:dabit haec tibi grandis bolos,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 106; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 46, 13:magnum bolum deferunt aeris,
Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 5; 3, 2, 16.—Esp.: aliquem tangere bolo, to cozen, wheedle of gain:quia amare cernit, tangere hominem volt bolo,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 101; cf.:verum hoc te multabo bolo,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 70.—A choice bit, nice morsel:cracior bolum mihi tantum ereptum tam desubito e faucibus,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6 Wagn. ad loc.—(In some or all the passages under II. al. refer the word to Gr. hê bôlos, a clod; cf.: bolus apud Graecos si per o scribitur, signficat jactum retis; si per ô, glaebam terrae, vel frustum cujusque rei, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; cf. Speng. ad Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10.— But bolus is always masc. in Plaut. and Ter., and is scanned bŏlus; v. esp. Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 70; id. Poen. prol. 101). -
2 fēlīcitās
fēlīcitās ātis, f [1 felix], fertility, happiness, felicity, good-fortune, luck: in summo imperatore inesse felicitatem: incredibili felicitate, by a wonderful piece of luck, Cs.: non modo sapientiae, sed etiam felicitatis esse: rerum gestarum, Cs.: nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset, Ta.: bonae Felicitates, T.: incredibilīs huic urbi felicitates adferre.—Person., Good Fortune.* * *luck, good fortune; happiness
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