bilibris

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τοῖς οἰκείοις βουλεύμασιν ἁλίσκεσθαι → hoist by one's own petard, hoist with one's own petard, hoist on one's own petard, hoisted by one's own petard, be hoist with one's own petard

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bĭlībris: e bilibra,
I of two pounds.
I Adj.
   A Weighing two pounds: offae, Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 103: mullus, Mart. 3, 45, 5.—
   B Containing two pounds: aqualis, * Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 39: cornu, Hor. S. 2, 2, 61.—
II Subst., a quantity of two pounds, Veg. Vet. 3, 6, 6; 3, 6, 10; Vulg. Apoc. 6, 6.