tālus ī, m
TEC-,
an ankle, ankle-bone, pasternbone, knuckle-bone
: taloque tenus vestigia tinguit, O.:
prodibant tubere tali, O.—
The heel
: ad talos demissa purpura: talos a vertice pulcher ad
imos, H.: Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula
talo, i. e.
succeeds or fails
, H.—
A die
(often made of bone; it had rounded ends, and four sides marked successively 1,
3, 6, 4): ad talos se aut ad tesseras conferunt: talos nucesque Ferre sinu laxo,
H.