fritillus, -ī m dice box.
Example sentence:
Marcus shook the dice box again. “Argh!” he said. “The lowest roll possible!”
Marcus iterum fritillum iecit. “Heu!” inquit. “Canis!”
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About Carla Hurt
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child." - Cicero, Ad Brutum.
Carla is a secondary school Latin teacher. In 2013, she finished first-class Honours in Classics, writing a thesis on accusations of impiety among philosophers in Greece and Republican Rome. She loves ancient art, ancient history, theology and pretty much anything to do with the Romans.
Fascinating that the Romans used the term /dog/ to refer to the lowest dice result and that the Italians still harbor this usage in their own dice games.
Ooh I didn’t know the Italians still use the term for dog for the lowest roll in dice games! It’s awesome to hear that the terms have continued into modern usage.