fīlum ī, n
a thread, string: Caeca regens filo
vestigia, V.: deducens pollice filum, O.:
Candelae, wick, Iu.: tineae, O.: sororum trium, the thread of fate,
H., V., O.—Prov.: Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo, i. e. are
precarious, O.—A fillet of wool (on a priest's cap), priest's fillet: capite velato filo, L.—A string, cord, filament,
fibre: lyrae, O.: croci, i. e.
stamen, O.: Fila sectivi porri, shreds, Iu.—Fig.,
of speech, texture, sort, quality, nature, style: munusculum crasso
filo, of coarse texture: argumentandi tenue: tenui
deducta poëmata filo, H.: orationis
tuae.
