glŏbŭlus
glŏbŭlus, i, m. dim. id., a little ball, a globule (post-Aug. and very rare). Lit.: (chrysocollae) globulis sudore resolutis, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.— Esp. a lump of food, dumpling, Cato, R. R. 79; Varr. L. L. 5, § 107 Müll.— Med. t. t., a pill, Scrib. 13 al.— Trop., of speech, a rounding: melliti verborum, Petr. 1.