pilae

Galen commends ludum parvae pilae, to play at ball, be it with the hand or racket, in tennis-courts or otherwise, it exerciseth each part of the body, and doth much good, so that they sweat not too much.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

( "Non prohibemus tamen lusum pilae ad murum, tabulata, aut tegulas, in horto, causa solum modo exercendi corporis et sanitatis.")

Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait

The few pilae that afterwards appear are plucked out from time to time with tweezers, which they always carry about them for that purpose.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

It was heated by means of a hypocaust, as twenty pilae of the usual red tiles were found upon the floor.

Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770

Latinae_ we are told that small images of the human figure, or masks, or simply round balls (_pilae_), were hung up on trees or doorways, and left to swing in the wind. [

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

It was on this occasion that _maniae_ and _pilae_ were hung on the house and compitum ( "pro foribus," Macr. i.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884