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glos, glōris, f. [Gr. γάλοως, Att. γάλως], a husband’s sister, sister-in-law.

  1. I. Lit., Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6; Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.; Charis. p. 27; Aus. Idyll. monos. de hist. 13.
  2. II. Acc. to Non. 557, 6, also for fratria, but without an example.

glossa, ae, f., = γλῶσσα, an obsolete or foreign word that requires explanation; for the usual glossema, Aus. Ep. 127 (in Quint. 1, 1, 35, written as Greek).
Hence, glossae, a term applied to collections of such words with explanations: tesca aiunt sancta esse, Qui glossas scripserunt, Varr. L. L. 7, § 10 Müll; cf. glossema.

glossārĭum, ii, n. [glossa], a vocabulary or glossary of antiquated or foreign words that need explanation: vos philosophi meri estis, ut M. Cato ait, mortuaria glossaria; namque colligitis lexidia, res tetras et inanes, etc., Gell. 18, 7, 3.

glossēma, ătis, n., = γλώσσημα, an antiquated or foreign word needing explanation: circa glossemata etiam, id est voces minus usitatas, non ultima ejus professionis diligentia, Quint. 1, 8, 15: camillam (apud Ennium), qui glossemata interpretati, dixerunt administram, Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.: glossemata nobis praecipit, Asin. ap. Suet. Gramm. 22.
Hence, Glos-sēmăta, ōrum, n., a name given to collections of such words with explanations: naucum ait Aelius Stilo omnium rerum putamen: Glossematorum autem scriptores, etc., Fest. s. v. naucum, p. 166, b Müll: ocrem antiqui, ut Ateius Philologus in libro Glossematorum refert, etc., id. s. v. ocrem, p. 181, a.

glossēmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = γλωσσηματικός, of or belonging to obsolete or foreign words: genus locutionum, Diom. p. 434 P.

glossŏpĕtra, ae, f., = γλωσσοπέτρα, a precious stone resembling the human tongue, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164; Sol. 37 med.