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follĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. [follis], to expand and contract one’s self like a pair of bellows (post-Aug. and rare): animalia follicent, Veg. Vet. 5, 75, 1.
Usu. in the part. praes.: muli senes … follicantes nares languidas, App. M. 9, p. 222: chamaeleon oscitans vescitur, follicans ruminat, Tert. Pall. 3: laxae manicae, caligae follicantes, loose, Hier. Ep. 22, 34.

‡ follĭcŭlāre appellatur pars remi, quae folliculo est tecta, a quo vita follicularis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll. (the Gr. ἄσκωμα).

follĭcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [folliculus], full of husks: papaver, App. Herb. 53.

follĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [follis], a small bag or sack.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: folliculis frumentum vehere, Liv. 9, 13, 9: quidam judicatus est parentem occidisse: ei statim … os obvolutum est folliculo et praeligatum, Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149.
      Of a matricide: statim folliculo lupino os obvolutum est, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.
    2. B. Esp. (cf. follis, I. B.), a ball to play with, inflated with air; a wind-ball (cf.: pila, globus, sphaera): post bella civilia ad pilam, folliculumque transiit, Suet. Aug. 83.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In gen., a husk, pod, shell, skin, follicle: latentem frugem ruptis velamentis suis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperire, Sen. Q. N. 5, 18, 3: gluma est grani folliculus, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1: cum spica se exserit folliculo, Sen. Ep. 124, 11.
      So of fruits, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1; Col. 2, 8, 5; Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 49; 24, 9, 40, § 65: folliculus animalium, id. 30, 12, 37, § 111: muliebris, i. q. vulva, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 3, 136.
      Poet., the shell of an egg: teretes (cicadarum), Lucr. 5, 803; and of the human body, as the husk or shell of the soul: ego, si qui sum et quo folliculo sum indutus, queo, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 27.
    2. B. Esp., as med. t. t. (late Lat.).
      1. 1. A sac: ventris, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.
      2. 2. The bladder, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.
      3. 3. The scrotum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106; called in full, folliculum genitale, id. ib. 3, 8, 104.

* follĭgĕna, ae, adj. [follis-gigno], produced by a bellows, droning, dull: bombi, Poët. in Anth. Lat. II. p. 64 Wernsd. N. cr.

follis, is, m. [cf. flo].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. A pair of bellows: formae, quas vos effici sine follibus et sine incudibus non putatis, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54; cf.: folle fabrili flando accenderunt, Liv. 38, 7, 12; Verg. G. 4, 171; id. A. 8, 449: Hor. S. 1, 4, 19; Pers. 5, 11.
    2. B. A playing-ball inflated with wind, a windball: ego te follem pugillatorium faciam, et pendentem incursabo pugnis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 16: folle decet pueros ludere, folle senes, Mart. 14, 47, 2; 4, 19, 5; cf. folliculus, I. B.
    3. C. A leathern money-bag: et tenso folle reverti Inde domum possis, Juv. 14, 281; so Dig. 35, 1, 82; Veg. Mil. 2, 20; Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23.
      1. 2. Transf., a small piece of money: centum folles aeris, Lampr. Heliog. 22: quinquaginta folles petere, Aug. Civ. D. 22, 8; id. adv. Crescent. 3, 29.
    4. D. A cushion or pillow inflated with air, a wind-cushion, Lampr. Heliog. 25, 2.
  2. II. Transf., the stomach: devorata in follem ventris recondere, Macr. S. 7, 4.
    Poet., puffed cheeks: tunc immensa cavi spirant (causidici) mendacia folles, Juv. 7, 111.

* follītim, adv. [follis, I. C.], by the purseful: nihil moror vetera et vulgata verba, Peratim ductare: at ego follitim ductitabo, will cheat of his money by the purseful, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 15.