HYPERBOLUS

HYPERBOLUS
HYPERBOLUS
confector quidam candelarum mire versutus: nam non solum aere ad candelarum confectionem utebatur; sed et plumbum infundebat, ut inde tanto ponderosiores pluris posset vendere.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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