follis

American  

[fol-is] / ˈfɒl ɪs /

noun

• folles
  plural

1. a bag of copper or bronze coins with a fixed weight, used as money of account in the later Roman Empire.

2. a silver-plated copper coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian.

3. a copper coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, a.d. c500.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• folles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of follis

1880–85; < Late Latin; compare Latin follis bag, purse

Example Sentences

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follis folles

The real Roman football was played with the inflated follis, which was kicked from side to side over boundaries, and thus must have closely resembled the modern Association game.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Les années folles contained as much tragedy as fun.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2013

Creative director Deborah Lloyd matched the walls at the brand's show in a black dress adorned with French script reading "Toutes les filles sont folles," or "All the girls are crazy."

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2012

Last year I was here at the festival with Alain Resnais, in another small comic role in ‘Les herbes folles.’

From New York Times ● May 19, 2010

Béranger thinks it remarkable that the improvisations folles et charmantes of Regnard should now be neglected in France.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

They were called femmes amoureuses, filles folles de leur corps, and, on St. Magdalen's day, they were accustomed to form annually a solemn procession.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon