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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>līlĭum</b>: ĭi, n. [[λείριον]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[lily]]: [[lilium]] rosae nobilitate promixum est, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: candida, Verg. A. 6, 709: lucida, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: argentea, id. 4, 4, 23: [[hiantia]], Ov. A. A. 2, 115: breve, [[short]]-lived, [[that]] blooms [[but]] for a [[short]] [[time]], Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: [[rubens]], = [[κρίνον]], a [[reddish]] [[kind]] of [[lily]], Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[sort]] of [[defence]], consisting of [[several]] rows of pits, in [[which]] stakes were planted, [[rising]] [[only]] [[four]] inches [[above]] the [[surface]] of the [[ground]], Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>līlĭum</b>,¹² ĭī, n., [[lis]] [plante et fleur] : Virg. En. 6, 709 ; Ov. Ars 2, 115 ; Plin. 21, 22 &#124;&#124; chevaux de frise [en t. de guerre] : Cæs. G. 7, 73, 8.||chevaux de frise [en t. de guerre] : Cæs. G. 7, 73, 8.
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