different between bolis vs bolix

English

Etymology

From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek ????? (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.

Noun

bolis (plural bolides)

1. (archaic) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; especially one which explodes.

   Synonyms: bolide, fireball

   • 1851, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report (volume 20, page 90)

     A bolis appearing as large as an orange, with a train some yards in length, crossed Wrenbury, Cheshire, about 10 p.m. (p. 305). The observer was my brother, Mr. William Thomson, surgeon, Wrenbury, near Nantwich.

Anagrams

• Blois, Silbo, bilos, boils

Catalan

Noun

bolis

1. plural of boli

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bolis/

Verb

bolis

1. past of boli

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (bolís).

Noun

bolis f (genitive bolidis); third declension

1. (astronomy) a meteor of the form of an arrow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Catalan: bòlid
• ? English: bolis
• ? French: bolide
  • ? English: bolide
• ? German: Bolid
• ? Italian: bolide
• ? Portuguese: bólide
• ? Spanish: bólido

References

• bolis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bolis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• bolis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bolis/, [?bo.lis]

Noun

bolis m pl

1. plural of boli

English

Verb

bolix (third-person singular simple present bolixes, present participle bolixing, simple past and past participle bolixed)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of bollix