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* lĭbrĭger, gĕri, m. [4. liber-gero], one who carries books, a book-carrier, colporteur, Paul. Nol. Ep. 28, 4.

lībrīle, is, v. the foll. art.

lībrīlis, e, adj. [libra].

  1. I. Of a pound, weighing a pound: tunica, Vop. Bonos. 15, 8: fundis librilibus sudibusque, Gallos proterrent, throwing stones of a pound each, Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4.
  2. II. Of or pertaining to weighing.
    Hence, subst.: lībrīle, is, n.
    1. A. A balance, pair of scales: in librili perpendere, Gell. 20, 1, 34.
    2. B. A scale-beam: librile scapus librae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.

librilla appellantur instrumenta bellica saxa scilicet ad bracchii crassitudinem in modum flagellorum loris revincta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Scalig. prefers to read ‡ librilia; v. librilis, I.).

lībrĭpens, pendis, m. [libra-pendo].

  1. I. One who weighed or counted out the pay to soldiers, a paymaster, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43: impubes libripens esse non potest, Ael. ap. Prisc. 892 P.
  2. II. One who held the balance, as if to weigh out money, at nominal sales: adhibitis non minus quam V. testibus civibus Romanis puberibus, item libripende, Gai. Inst. 1, § 113; Ulp. Fragm. 19, 3; cf. Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43.