资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Baetulus \B[ae]"tu*lus\, n.; pl. {B[ae]tuli}. [L., fr. Gr.
   bai`tylos a sacred meteorite.] (Antiq.)
   A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held
   sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

         All the evidence goes to prove that these menhirs are
         b[ae]tuli, i. e., traditional and elementary images of
         the deity.                               --I. Gonino
                                                  (Perrot &
                                                  Chipiez).