καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
bĭlix: līcis, adj. bis - licium,
I with a double thread, two-threaded: lorica, Verg. A. 12, 375 Heyn.; cf. trilix. ‡†† billis apud Afros appellatur semen humanum humi profusum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 34 Müll.