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|lshtext=<b>fel</b>: fellis, n. Gr. [[χόλος]]>, [[gall]]; cf. Germ. Galle; Engl. [[gall]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[gall]]-[[bladder]], [[gall]], [[bile]] (cf. [[bilis]]): jecur a [[dextra]] parte sub praecordiis: ex inferiore parte ei fel inhaeret, Cels. 4, 1; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 74, § 191; 31, 10, 46, § 119; Ov. M. 2, 777: gallinaceum, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 29: nigrum, Plin. 11, 37, 75, § 193: [[piscis]], Vulg. Tobiae, 6, 5.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: fella, Ser. Samm. 19, 333; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 19; id. Tard. 1, 4 fin. al.—Poet.: hic [[vero]] Alcidae furiis exarserat atro Felle [[dolor]], [[because]] the [[bile]] [[was]] regarded as the [[seat]] of [[rage]], Verg. A. 8, 220.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poisonous [[liquid]], [[poison]] ([[poet]].): vipereum, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 16; id. P. 1, 2, 18: [[sagitta]] armata felle veneni, Verg. A. 12, 857.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fel terrae, a [[plant]], the [[lesser]] centaury, the fumitory (Fumaria officinalis, Linn.), Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 68.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[only]] in poets, [[whereas]] [[bilis]] is used in the trop. signif. also in [[good]] [[prose]]), [[bitterness]], [[acrimony]], [[animosity]] (syn.: [[bilis]], [[stomachus]], [[invidia]], [[livor]]; [[odium]]): [[amor]] et melle et felle est fecundissimus, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70; cf.: [[corda]] felle sunt lita, id. Truc. 1, 2, 77: omnia jam [[tristi]] tempora felle madent, Tib. 2, 4, 11; Mart. 7, 25.
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