lump (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A small mass1. glēba or glaeba (strictly, of earth; hence of any similar substance)2. massa (of dough, etc.)3. offa (ball-shaped, rolled in the hand)II. A mass of promiscuously mixed things • lump (subs.): I. A small mass: 1. glēba or glaeba (strictly, of earth; hence of any similar substance): l.s of tallow and pitch, sevi ac picis gl., Caes. B. G. 7, 25: a l. of salt, g. salis, Plin. Dimin. glebula (a small l.): Vitr. 2. massa (of dough, etc.): a l. of pitch, m. picis, Virg. G. 1, 275: a l. of cheese, m. lactis coacti, Ov. Dimin. massula (a small l.): Col. 3. offa (ball-shaped, rolled in the hand): gum rolled in l.s, gummi in offas convolutum, Plin. 12, 9, 19. II. A mass of promiscuously mixed things: congĕries, ēi: Ov. M. 1, 33: in same sense, massa, ib. 70: v. heap. Phr.: in the l. (or gross), per saturam, Sall. Jug. 29: also may be freq. expr. by universus: cf. Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 9.
LUMP Copy link • LUMPmassa (a shapeless mass): gleba (a clod of earth, or anything in that shape). A little lump, massula; glebula.
Lump Copy link Lump, der, homo nequam od. nequissimus. homo levis (ein leichtsinniger Mensch). homo perditus (ein verkommener Mensch). homo avarus (ein Geizhals). ein L. sein, nullius rei esse; nihil valēre. jeder L. von einem Gallier, levissimus quisque Gallorum.