discus

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discus: i, m., = δίσκος>.
I A quoit, an implement for exercise in ancient gymnastics, Stat. Th. 6, 646 sq.; Prop. 3, 14, 10 (4, 13, 10 M.); Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 2, 13; id. A. P. 380; Ov. M. 10, 177 al.—
   b Prov.: qui discum audire quam philosophum malunt, i. e. who prefer trifles to serious things, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21.—
II A dish, so called because shaped like a quoit, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Matt. 14, 8.—
III The disc of a dial, a sundial, Vitr. 9, 9, 1.