bolis
See also: bolíš
English
Etymology
From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.
Noun
bolis (plural bolides)
- (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.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bolis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Blois, Silbo, bilos, boils
Catalan
Noun
bolis
- plural of boli
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbolis/
Verb
bolis
- past of boli
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís).
Noun
bolis f (genitive bolidis); third declension
- (astronomy) a meteor of the form of an arrow
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bolis | bolidēs |
| Genitive | bolidis | bolidum |
| Dative | bolidī | bolidibus |
| Accusative | bolidem | bolidēs |
| Ablative | bolide | bolidibus |
| Vocative | bolis | bolidēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: bolda
- → 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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): /ˈbolis/ [ˈbo.lis]
- Rhymes: -olis
- Syllabification: bo‧lis
Noun
bolis m pl
- plural of boli