Folium, folij, n. g. A leafe.In arboribus truncus, rami, folia.Cic.Lanata canities foliorÛ. Pli. The mossie horinesse of leaues.Folia acanthi. Plin. Folia inter se aduersa. Plin. Arida folia. Ci. Folium argenteum. Plin. Folia capillata. Plin. Hairie leaues.Capillaceum folium. Plin. Folium carnosum. Pli. A grosse leafe of a thicke substance.Folia concaua. Plin. Folium crispum. Plin. Implicatum. Plin. Inordinata sunt folia pomis. Plin. Labentia ventis folia.Virg.Laciniosa folia. Plin. Iagged leaues.Languida. Sen. Laurina. Plin. Mobilia. Hor. Mollia. Virg.Mordacia folia vrticis. Plin. The stinging leaues.Mucronata folia. Plin. Sharpe pointed leaues.Oleacea. Plin. Pampinosa, Plin. Ramulosa. Plin. Folia arborum cadunt.Plaut.Decerpere folia. Colum. Decidunt arbori folia. Plin. Demittere folia. Plin. Deperdere. Plin. Dimittere folia. Plin. Luxuria foliorum exuberat vmbra.Virg.Exire in folia. Pli. To ware to haue leaues: to put out leafe.Mittere folia. Plin. Idem. To bring foorthe leaues.Tegmine foliorum ornata arbusta. Ci. Oscitant folia ad folem. Plin. Leaues open themselues.A maris vesci folijs. Hor. Orni viduantur folijs. Horat. Leese their leaues.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
fŏlĭum, ii, n. [Gr. fu/llon, for fulion; cf. alius, a)/llos; root prob. fla-, flasmo/s; Lat. flos, Flora], a leaf (cf. frons). I.Lit., of plants: quid in arboribus? in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179: latissima (folia) fico, angusta myrto, capillata pino, aculeata aquifolio, etc., Plin. 16, 24, 38, 90: concava caepae, id. 19, 6, 31, 100: foliis ex arboribus strictis, Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3: mobilia, Hor. C. 1, 23, 5: amara, id. S. 2, 3, 114: arida laureae, Cic. Pis. 40, 97.— Prov.: folia nunc cadunt, si triduom hoc hic erimus, tum arbores in te cadent, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24.—As a proverb of mobility or changeableness: nec me consules movent, qui ipsi pluma aut folio facilius moventur, Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—The Sibyl wrote her oracles on leaves (acc. to Varro, on palmleaves), Verg. A. 3, 444; 6, 74 Serv.; hence, prov.: credite me vobis folium recitare Sibyllae, i. e.
I am talking gospel
,
absolute truth
, Juv. 8, 126.— II.Trop., a thing of no consequence, a trifle: folia sunt artis et nugae merae, App. M. 1, p. 106, 8.—III.Transf., a leaf of paper (late Lat. for plagula, charta, or schedula): ille manu retractis in calcem foliis sic exorsus est, Macr. S. 5, 4, 1. (In Plin. 37, 7, 29, 103, the better read. is fila; v. Jan. and Sillig, ad h. l.).