Lewis Short
glaebŭla | glēb- (noun F) : (), , dim. id..
* Prop., a small clod or lump of earth (postAug.): frumenta lapillisque carent et glaebulis, quas per trituram fere terrena remittit area,Col. 1, 6, 23; Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.
* Meton.
* A little farm, small piece of land: saturabat glaebula talis patrem ipsum turbamque casae,Juv. 14, 166; App. M. 9, p. 233.
* Of other things, a small piece, little lump: myrrhae,Vitr. 8, 3: nivis,Scrib. Comp. 199: ex metallo,Plin. Ep. 10, 16, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary