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* lĭbrĭger, gĕri, m. [4. liber-gero], one who carries books, a book-carrier, colporteur, Paul. Nol. Ep. 28, 4.
lībrīle, is, v. the foll. art.
lībrīlis, e, adj. [libra].
- I. Of a pound, weighing a pound: tunica, Vop. Bonos. 15, 8: fundis librilibus sudibusque, Gallos proterrent, throwing stones of a pound each, Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4.
- II. Of or pertaining to weighing.
Hence, subst.: lībrīle, is, n.
- A. A balance, pair of scales: in librili perpendere, Gell. 20, 1, 34.
- B. A scale-beam: librile scapus librae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.
‡ librilla appellantur instrumenta bellica saxa scilicet ad bracchii crassitudinem in modum flagellorum loris revincta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Scalig. prefers to read ‡ librilia; v. librilis, I.).
lībrĭpens, pendis, m. [libra-pendo].
- I. One who weighed or counted out the pay to soldiers, a paymaster, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43: impubes libripens esse non potest, Ael. ap. Prisc. 892 P.
- II. One who held the balance, as if to weigh out money, at nominal sales: adhibitis non minus quam V. testibus civibus Romanis puberibus, item libripende, Gai. Inst. 1, § 113; Ulp. Fragm. 19, 3; cf. Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43.