English

Noun

bolis ‎(plural bolides)

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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolis/

Verb

bolis

1. past of boli

Latin

Etymology

From Borrowing from Ancient Greek βολίς ‎(bolís).

Noun

bolis f ‎(genitive bolidis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bolis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• bolis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Spanish

Noun

bolis m pl

1. plural of boli