English

Noun

follis

1. A large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire.

Catalan

Verb

follis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of follar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰnis, o-grade i-stem derivative of *bʰelǵʰ- ‎(“to swell”). Cognates include बर्हिस् ‎(barhís, “straw, sacrificial straw”), Old English belġ ‎(“bulge, bag, purse”) (English belly) and belġan ‎(“to swell with anger”), Old Prussian balsinis ‎(“cushion”) and Old Irish bolg ‎(“belly; bag; bellows”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfol.lis/

Noun

follis m ‎(genitive follis); third declension

1. bellows
2. purse, sack, money bag
3. (by extension) a small value coin
4. an inflated ball
5. paunch, belly
6. (poetic) puffed cheeks

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• follis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• follis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FOLLIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “follis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• follis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• follis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin