metella
From LSJ
ἡ φιλία περιχορεύει τὴν οἰκουμένην → friendship runs all over the earth
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.
