Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Basilicus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

BASIL'ICUS, sc. jactus. The name given to one of the throws on the dice. What combination of numbers was required to turn up the throw is not ascertained; but it was evidently a good cast, from the name, though below the Venus, which was the best of all. Plaut. Curc. ii. 3. 80. Becker, Gallus, p. 393. Transl.