metella

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Ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ μισοῦσι τοὺς εὐεργέτας → Nonnulli oderunt adeo beneficos sibi → Es hassen manche sogar ihre Wohltäter

Menander, Monostichoi, 171

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕtella: ae, f. (prob. adj., sc. machina),
I a basket filled with stones, which the besieged threw down on the heads of the besiegers (post-class.): ut de ligno crates facerent, quas metellas vocaverunt, lapidibusque complerent, etc. (al. metilas, medullas, metulas), Veg. Mil. 4, 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) mĕtella, æ, f., panier rempli de pierres qu’on jetait sur la tête des assiégeants : Veg. Mil. 4, 6.