balls-up

plumbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].

To lead, to solder with lead (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

modiolos indet et plumbet,

Cato, R. R. 21:

argentum,

Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 161:

scyphum alieno plumbo,

Dig. 41, 1, 27.—

To make a thing of lead; hence, plumbātus, a, um, Part., leaden (postAug.):

plumbatae sagittae,

Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97:

jacula,

Sol. 3, 3:

canales,

Front. Aquaed. 124:

tabulae,

Val. Max. 3, 7, n. 2. —

Subst.: plumbātae, ārum, f.

Leaden balls, Veg. Mil. 1, 17.—

Scourges to which leaden balls are attached: plumbatarum ictus, Cod. Th. 9, 35, 2.

plumbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].

To lead, to solder with lead (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

modiolos indet et plumbet,

Cato, R. R. 21:

argentum,

Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 161:

scyphum alieno plumbo,

Dig. 41, 1, 27.—

To make a thing of lead; hence, plumbātus, a, um, Part., leaden (postAug.):

plumbatae sagittae,

Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97:

jacula,

Sol. 3, 3:

canales,

Front. Aquaed. 124:

tabulae,

Val. Max. 3, 7, n. 2. —

Subst.: plumbātae, ārum, f.

Leaden balls, Veg. Mil. 1, 17.—

Scourges to which leaden balls are attached: plumbatarum ictus, Cod. Th. 9, 35, 2.

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dē-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to roll or tumble down (class.).

Lit.:

saxa in musculum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 1, and 2; cf.

saxa (amnis),

Quint. 12, 10, 61:

auratas trabes,

Verg. A. 2, 449: tonitrua, i. e. to imitate it (by rolling down balls behind the scenes), Phaedr. 5, 7, 23:

clipeos e muris,

Curt. 4, 3 fin.:

panem ex igne,

Cat. 59, 4:

corpora in humum,

Ov. M. 7, 574:

se toris,

Val. Fl. 1, 235 et saep.— Poet.:

fusis mollia pensa,

i. e. to spin off, Verg. G. 4, 349.—

Pass. in mid. force, to roll itself down, to roll or tumble down, to fall headlong:

monte praecipiti devolutus torrens,

Liv. 28, 6; cf. Col. 1, 5, 2; Curt. 5, 3:

jumenta cum oneribus devolvebantur,

Liv. 21, 33:

ex praecipiti,

Curt. 7, 11.—

Trop.:

aliquem vitā suā, to remove from,

i. e. to deprive of, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 5:

per audaces nova dithyrambos Verba devolvit (the figure being taken from a river),

Hor. Od. 4, 2, 11.—

Mid., to sink down, fall into: ad spem inanem pacis devoluti, * Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13:

retro ad stirpem,

Liv. 1, 47:

ad otium et inertiam,

Col. 1 prooem. §

29: devolvuntur,

hasten down, Amm. 15, 10, 4.

glŏbus, i, m. [kindr. with glomus], a round body, a ball, sphere, globe.

Lit.

In gen.: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus (sic enim sphairan interpretari placet), ex planis autem circulus aut orbis, qui kuklos Graece dicitur, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

ille globus, quae terra dicitur,

id. Rep. 6, 15:

terrae,

id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; cf.

stellarum,

id. Rep. 6, 16; 6, 17:

solis et lunae,

Lucr. 5, 472; cf.

lunae,

id. 5, 69:

cum caelum discessisse visum est atque in eo animadversi globi,

fire-balls, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97:

in fundas visci indebant grandiculos globos,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 35: cordis, poet. for cor, Lucr. 4, 119:

farinae,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.; v. in the foll.—

In partic.

A dumpling:

a globo farinae dilatato item in oleo cocti dicti globi,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 79.—

In milit. lang., a close order of battle, a knot, troop, band, company, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 b. Müll.:

cum globo juvenum,

Liv. 1, 6, 7; 1, 12, 9:

emissi militum globi turbam disjecere,

Tac. A. 14, 61; 4, 50; 12, 43; 15, 60; Sil. 7, 53.—

Transf., a globular mass, a ball, globe of things collected together (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cicero nor Cæsar): flammarumque globos liquefactaque volvere saxa, globes or masses of flame, Verg. G. 1, 473:

sanguinis,

Ov. M. 12, 238:

nubium,

Luc. 4, 74; Tac. A. 2, 23:

telorum,

Val. Fl. 6, 381. — A throng, crowd, body, or mass of people:

extrema contio et circa Fabium globus increpabant inclementem dictatorem,

Liv. 8, 32, 13:

circa eum aliquot hominum, ne forte violaretur, constitisset globus,

id. 2, 29, 2:

cum repelleretur adsertor virginis a globo mulierum,

id. 3, 47, 8:

aditum senatus globus togatorum obsederat,

Tac. A. 16, 27:

magno semper electorum juvenum globo circumdari,

id. G. 13;

and with a contemptuous secondary notion: si quem ex illo globo nobilitatis ad hoc negotium mittatis,

from that noble clique, Sall. J. 85, 10 Kritz.:

conjurationis,

Vell. 2, 58, 2; cf.

consensionis,

Nep. Att. 8, 4:

Jehu,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 17.

pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

si contuderis stultum in pilā,

Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.

pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

Liv. 40, 51:

salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

pilas operibus subdere,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—

Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

saxea,

Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.

pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).

Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

pilae studio teneri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

Petr. 27:

reddere pilam,

Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

claudus pilam,

Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—

Transf.

The game of ball:

quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—

Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

pilae lanuginis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

id. ib. 9;

hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—

In partic.:

pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

Mart. 13, 20, 2.