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|lshtext=<b>fŏlĭum</b>: ii, n. Gr. [[φύλλον]], for φυλιον; cf. [[alius]], [[ἄλλος]]; [[root]] prob. φλα-, [[φλασμός]]; Lat. [[flos]], [[Flora]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[leaf]] (cf. [[frons]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of plants: [[quid]] in arboribus? in quibus non [[truncus]], non rami, non folia sunt [[denique]], [[nisi]], etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179: latissima (folia) fico, angusta myrto, capillata pino, aculeata aquifolio, etc., Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90: concava caepae, id. 19, 6, 31, § 100: foliis ex arboribus strictis, Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3: mobilia, Hor. C. 1, 23, 5: amara, id. S. 2, 3, 114: arida laureae, Cic. Pis. 40, 97.— Prov.: folia [[nunc]] cadunt, si triduom hoc hic erimus, tum arbores in te cadent, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24.—As a [[proverb]] of [[mobility]] or [[changeableness]]: nec me consules movent, qui ipsi [[pluma]] aut folio facilius moventur, Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—The [[Sibyl]] wrote her oracles on leaves (acc. to [[Varro]], on palmleaves), Verg. A. 3, 444; 6, 74 Serv.; [[hence]], prov.: credite me [[vobis]] [[folium]] recitare Sibyllae, i. e. I am [[talking]] gospel, [[absolute]] [[truth]], Juv. 8, 126.—*<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[thing]] of no [[consequence]], a [[trifle]]: folia sunt artis et [[nugae]] merae, App. M. 1, p. 106, 8.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf., a [[leaf]] of [[paper]] ([[late]] Lat. for [[plagula]], [[charta]], or [[schedula]]): [[ille]] manu retractis in calcem foliis sic [[exorsus]] est, Macr. S. 5, 4, 1. (In Plin. 37, 7, 29, § 103, the [[better]] [[read]]. is fila; v. Jan. and Sillig, ad h. l.).
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