bolis

See also: bolíš

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊlɪs/

Etymology 1

From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.

Noun

bolis (plural bolides)

1. (archaic) A bolide or fireball (type of meteor)

   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.

References

• “bolis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Noun

bolis

1. plural of boli

Anagrams

• Blois, Silbo, bilos, boils

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔ.lis]

Noun

bolis

1. plural of boli

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolis/

Verb

bolis

1. past of boli

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís).

Noun

bolis f (genitive bolidis); third declension

1. (astronomy) a meteor of the form of an arrow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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
  • → Czech: bolid
  • → Dutch: bolide
  • → English: bolide
  • → Polish: bolid
  • → Portuguese: bólide
  • → Romanian: bolid
  • → Slovak: bolid
  • → Spanish: bólido
• → German: Bolid
• → Italian: bolide

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bolīs

1. ablative/dative plural of bolus

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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolis/ [ˈbo.lis]
• Rhymes: -olis
• Syllabification: bo‧lis

Noun

bolis m pl

1. plural of boli