selibra
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
Latin > English
selibra selibrae N F :: half-pound
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sē-libra: (e short, Mart. 4, 46, 7; 10, 57 1), ae, f. semi,
I a half-pound, Cato, R. R. 84, 1; Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.; Col. 12, 5; Liv. 5, 47; Plin. 14, 16. 19, § 108; Mart. 1. 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sēlībra,¹³ æ, f. (pour semilibra ), demi-livre : Cato Agr. 75 ; Varro L. 5, 171 ; Plin. 14, 108.
Latin > German (Georges)
sēlībra, ae, f. (st. semilibra), ein halbes Pfund, Cato, Liv. u.a. – / Die erste Silbe kurz bei Mart. 4, 46, 7 u. ö.
