a windball

follis, is, m. [cf. flo].

Lit.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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

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.