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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=glans glandis N F :: [[acorn]]; [[beachnut]]; [[bullet thrown from a sling]]
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{{Lewis
|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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>glāns</b>,¹⁰ [[dis]], f. ([[βάλανος]]),<br /><b>1</b> gland, fruit du chêne : glande vesci Cic. Or. 31, se nourrir de glands ; [[uvidus]] [[hiberna]] venit de glande [[Menalcas]] Virg. B. 10, 20, Ménalque arrive tout [[humide]] de la glandée d’hiver<br /><b>2</b> fruit [d’autres arbres] : Dig. 50, 16, 236<br /><b>3</b> balle de plomb ou de terre cuite qu’on lançait avec la fronde : Cæs. G. 7, 81, 4, etc.<br /><b>4</b> gland [t. d’anatomie] : Cels. Med. 7, 25.
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{{Georges
|georg=glāns, glandis, f.(griech. [[βάλανος]]), I) jede Kernfrucht, [[als]] [[Dattel]], [[Kastanie]], [[Walnuß]] usw., [[bes]]. die Eichel, Ecker ([[auch]] [[als]] [[Nahrungsmittel]] [[des]] Viehs, [[bes]]. der Schweine, in [[alter]] [[Zeit]] [[auch]] der Menschen), fagea od. fagi, [[Buchecker]], Plin.: gl. quernea et ilignea, Col.: querna, Tibull., iligna, Hor.: cassa, Plaut.: [[bubus]] glandem prandio depromere, Plaut.: glandibus vesci, Serv.: [[sic]] [[odium]] coepit glandis, Lucr. – II) übtr.: A) eine [[Kugel]] aus [[Blei]] od. [[Ton]], [[wie]] [[sie]] die Schleuderer [[auf]] die Feinde warfen, [[plumbea]] [[glans]], Cels.: glandes fundere ([[gießen]]), Auct. b. Afr.: [[eminus]] glande [[aut]] lapidibus pugnare, Sall.: glandes fundis in casas iacĕre, Caes.: [[faces]] et glandes in obsessos iaculari, Tac.: ne fluxā habenā volutetur in iactu [[glans]], [[sed]] librata cum sederit, [[velut]] nervo [[missa]] excutiatur, Liv. – B) die Eichel am männlichen Gliede, Cels. 7, 25, 1 sq.
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{{nlel
|nleltext=[[αἴγλη]], [[ἀκτίς]], [[γλαυκότης]], [[σέλας]], [[στεροπή]], [[στιλπνότης]]
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=glans, dis. f. :: [[橡子]]。[[鉛彈]]。[[屌頭]]
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