ball Copy link Outline I. A round mass1. glŏbus2. glŭmus, ĕris, n.II. A playing-ball1. pĭla (filled with hair, feathers, &c.)2. follis, is, m. (a b. filled with air)III. A meeting for dancing • ball: I. A round mass: 1. glŏbus: fire-b.s were seen in the sky, in coelo animadversi globi, Cic.: the eye-b., *g. oculi: a small b., glŏbŭlus: Cato: Plin. 2. glŭmus, ĕris, n.: a b. of wool, lanae g., Lucr.: a b. of thread, lini g., Plin.: Hor. II. A playing-ball: 1. pĭla (filled with hair, feathers, &c.): to play at b., pila ludere, Cic.: to throw back a b., p. reddere, Mart.: to catch a b. and throw it back, p. excipere et remittere, Sen.: a playing-b., pila lusoria, Plin.: also sometimes of anything round: b.s of down, pilae lanuginis, Plin. 2. follis, is, m. (a b. filled with air): to play at b., folle ludere, Mart.: Pl. A small b. of that kind, follĭcŭlus: Suet. Phr.: a game at ball, pilaris lusio, Stat: a particular kind of game at b. played by three persons, lusus trigon; l. trigonalis, Hor.: Mart.: an ink-b. (in printing), *folliculus typographicus: a cannon-b., *glŏbus (the context defining it): a musket-b., glans: v. bullet. III. A meeting for dancing: saltātĭo (prop. the act of dancing): Cic.: Quint.: to invite to a b., *ad saltationem vocare, invitare.