bilibris
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
Latin > English
bilibris bilibris, bilibre ADJ :: two-pound, weighing/containing two pounds; (2 Roman pounds = one and a half US)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĭlībris,¹⁵ e (bis, libra), qui a le poids ou qui contient la mesure de deux livres : Plin. 18, 103 ; Hor. S. 2, 2, 61 || subst. f., poids de deux livres : Veg. Mul. 2, 6, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
bilībris, e (bis u. libra), zweipfündig, I) adi.: A) zwei Pfund schwer, offae, Plin. 18, 103: mullus, Mart. 3, 45, 5 u. 11, 50, 9: coronae, Vopisc. Aurel. 35, 1: panes, Cael. Aur. chron. 3, 2, 20. – B) zwei Pfund fassend, aula, Plaut. mil. 854: cornu, Hor. sat. 2, 2, 61. – II) subst., bilībris, is, f., ein Maß von zwei Pfund, Veget. mul. 2 (3), 6, 6 u.a. Vulg. apoc. 6, 6. Apic. 7, 295.
Latin > Chinese
bilibris, e. adj. :: 二斤者
