tennis

TENNIS

Tennis-ball *pila pennata. To play at tennis *pila pennata ludere.

tennis: no exact word: perh. a t.-ball may be expr. by pāgānĭca (sc. pila, a ball stuffed with feathers), Mart. 14, 45: hence, a game at t., *pāgānĭcae lusus: to play at t., *paganica ludere: v. BALL: a t. player, pīlĭcrĕpus (?), Sen. Ep. 56, 1, where occurs the phr. numerare pilas (to count the hits?), in some unknown game of ball: also expr. by lūsor (player) or collūsor (partner), Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3: a t.-court, sphaeristērium, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12: Suet.

Tennis

See pĭla