Glans
(
μολυβδίς). A large leaden slug or plummet, cast in a
mould, and used instead of a stone
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Glans.
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to be discharged from a sling (
Livy, xxxviii. 20Livy 21, 29). The illustration represents an original found at the ancient
Labicum; the letters fir are for
firmiter,
“Throw steadily,” or
Feri Roma (Inscript. Orelli, 4932),
“Strike, O Rome!” Others have been found in Greece, inscribed with the
figure of a thunderbolt, or
ΔΕΞΑΙ, “Take
this.”