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|lshtext=<b>glans</b>: glandis, f. kindr. [[with]] [[βάλανος]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[acorn]], and, in gen., [[any]] [[acorn]]-shaped [[fruit]], beechnut, chestnut, etc.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: bubus glandem prandio depromere, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 2; [[Cato]], R. R. 54; 60; Col. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15 sq.; Lucr. 5, 1416; Cic. Or. 9, 31; Verg. G. 1, 148; Ov. M. 1, 106 et saep.: glandis appellatione [[omnis]] [[fructus]] continetur, ut Javolenus ait, Dig. 50, 16, 236.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> An [[acorn]]-shaped [[ball]] of [[lead]] or [[clay]] [[which]] [[was]] hurled at the [[enemy]], Lucr. 6, 179; 307; Caes. B. G. 5, 43, 1; 7, 81, 4; Sall. J. 57, 4; Liv. 38, 20, 1; ib. 21, 7; ib. 29, 6; Verg. A. 7, 686; Ov. M. 14, 826 al.—A leaden [[ball]] of this [[kind]] [[was]] [[found]] [[with]] the [[inscription]] ROMA FERI (i. e. O dea [[Roma]], feri hostem!), Inscr. Orell. 4932.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[glans]] [[penis]], Cels. 7, 25; cf. Mart. 12, 75, 3.
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