different between follis vs fillis

English

Etymology

From Latin follis (“a bag”). Doublet of fool.

Noun

follis

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

Anagrams

• fillos

Catalan

Verb

follis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of follar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *b?ol??-n-is, o-grade i-stem derivative of *b?el??- (“to swell”) with an *-n- suffix. Cognates include Sanskrit ??????? (barhís, “straw, sacrificial straw”), Old English bel? (“bulge, bag, purse”) (English belly) and bel?an (“to swell with anger”), Old Prussian balsinis (“cushion”) and Old Irish bolg (“belly; bag; bellows”).

Or simply from Proto-Indo-European *b?ol-n-is, ultimately from the same root, i.e. *b?el- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fol.lis/, [?f?l???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fol.lis/, [?f?l?is]

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

Declension

Third-declension noun (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)
• follis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, 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

English

Noun

fillis (uncountable)

1. tow or similar twine for tying up plants

Anagrams

• Ifills