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  • 1 pusillus

        pusillus adj. dim.    [pūsus, boy; 3 PV-], very little, very small, petty, insignificant: testis: terra homines nunc educat pusillos, Iu.: villula: libelli: alqs, H.: habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam.—As subst n., a very little, trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti.—Fig., little, small, petty, paltry, pitiful: animus: pusilli animi, timidity, H.: causa, trifling, O.: causidicus, Iu.
    * * *
    pusilla -um, pusillior -or -us, pusillissimus -a -um ADJ
    tiny, wee, very small (amount/degree/extent); miniature, on a tiny scale; petty, trifling, insignificant; petty/mean/ungenerous (person/character)

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  • 2 causula

        causula ae, f dim.    [causa], a petty lawsuit.
    * * *
    speech/case of a party in a petty lawsuit; petty ground/occasion for action

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  • 3 pusillum

    pŭsillus, a, um, adj. dim. [pusus], very little, very small, petty, insignificant (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pueri,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 10:

    testis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

    terra homines nunc educat pusillos,

    Juv. 15, 70:

    mus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15:

    villula valde pusilla,

    Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:

    folia (herbae),

    Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23:

    pusilli et contempti libelli,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

    cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

    vox,

    small, thin, weak, Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam,

    Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.— Comp.:

    maritus quovis puero pusillior,

    App. M. 5, p. 163, 5:

    pusillo animo,

    Vulg. Col. 3, 21.— Absol.: pŭsillum, i, n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3:

    aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est,

    a trifle taller, Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38:

    pusillum a vero discedere,

    a little, Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90:

    post pusillum,

    after a little, Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.—
    II.
    Trop., little, small, petty, paltry:

    animus,

    a petty spirit, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4:

    Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8:

    pusilli animi,

    little courage, diffidence, Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:

    ingenium,

    Mart. 9, 51, 1:

    causa,

    trifling, Ov. R. Am. 730:

    res (opp. grandes),

    Quint. 11, 3, 151:

    quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est,

    Mart. 4, 43, 9:

    causidicus,

    Juv. 10, 121.

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  • 4 pusillus

    pŭsillus, a, um, adj. dim. [pusus], very little, very small, petty, insignificant (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pueri,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 10:

    testis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

    terra homines nunc educat pusillos,

    Juv. 15, 70:

    mus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15:

    villula valde pusilla,

    Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:

    folia (herbae),

    Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23:

    pusilli et contempti libelli,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

    cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

    vox,

    small, thin, weak, Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam,

    Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.— Comp.:

    maritus quovis puero pusillior,

    App. M. 5, p. 163, 5:

    pusillo animo,

    Vulg. Col. 3, 21.— Absol.: pŭsillum, i, n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3:

    aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est,

    a trifle taller, Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38:

    pusillum a vero discedere,

    a little, Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90:

    post pusillum,

    after a little, Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.—
    II.
    Trop., little, small, petty, paltry:

    animus,

    a petty spirit, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4:

    Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8:

    pusilli animi,

    little courage, diffidence, Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:

    ingenium,

    Mart. 9, 51, 1:

    causa,

    trifling, Ov. R. Am. 730:

    res (opp. grandes),

    Quint. 11, 3, 151:

    quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est,

    Mart. 4, 43, 9:

    causidicus,

    Juv. 10, 121.

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  • 5 angustus

        angustus adj. with comp. and sup.    [ANG-], narrow, strait, contracted: iter, S.: fines, Cs.: rima, H.: mare, a strait: angustissima portus, Cs.— Fig., short, brief: dies, O.: spiritus, breathing.— Needy, pinching, stinting: pauperies, H.: res, poverty, Iu.: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, shaken, Cs.—Critical, difficult: rebus angustis animosus, H.—Of character, narrow, base, little, petty: animus: defensio angustior, less honorable. — Of thought or argument, narrow, trifling, subtle, hairsplitting: concertationes: interrogatiunculae.—Of style, brief, succinct: oratio: quae angustiora parietes faciunt, i. e. less discursive than in the forum.
    * * *
    angusta -um, angustior -or -us, angustissimus -a -um ADJ
    narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

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  • 6 exiguus

        exiguus adj. with sup.    [2 AG-], strict, exact, scanty, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean, inadequate, inconsiderable, paltry: cor: me Corporis exigui, etc., H.: mus, V.: oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellitis: finis, H.: castra, Cs.: toga, H.: elegi, H.: copiae amicorum: cibus, Iu.: facultates, Cs.: census, H.: pulvis, a little, H.: pars aestatis, Cs.: laus: nec ulli Exiguus populo est (locus), too small for, O.: pars exiguissima, O.— As subst n., a little, trifle: exiguum campi ante castra erat, L.: exiguo adsueta iuventus, V.: temporis, O.: deterere exiguis aliquid, i. e. the remnant, Iu.
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    exigua, exiguum ADJ
    small; meager; dreary; a little, a bit of; scanty, petty, short, poor

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  • 7 minūtus

        minūtus adj.    [P. of minuo], little, small, minute: pisciculi, T.: maculae: facies minutae, miniatures, Iu.: res, trifles.—Fig., petty, paltry, insignificant: imperatores: animus: plebes, Ph.: genus sermonis: minuti animi voluptas, Iu.
    * * *
    minuta, minutum ADJ
    small, insignificant, petty

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  • 8 parvus

        parvus adj. (for comp. and sup., see minor, minimus)    [PAV-].—Of magnitude, little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable: argenti pondus, S.: pisciculi: haec parva et infirma sunt: parva componere magnis, V.—Of stature, small, short, little, young: liberi, S.: salutaria appetant parvi, the little ones: soror, T.: virgo, Ct.: operosa parvus Carmina fingo, a little man, H.: a parvis didicimus, etc., in childhood: puer in domo a parvo eductus, from infancy, L.—Of time, short, brief: parvae consuetudinis Causa, T.—Of extent or importance, little, insignificant, trifling, small, petty, unimportant: causa, T.: res: merces, H.: detrimentum, Cs.: pericula, Ta.: onus parvis animis et parvo corpore maius, H.: hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli, both small and great, H.— Of value or price, little, small, low, mean, vile: opera parvi preti, T.: Nil parvom loquar, H.: pretio parvo vendere.—As subst n., a little, trifle: parvo contentus, with little: vivitur parvo bene, H.: ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur, a very little more, L.—Esp., in gen. or abl. of price: Sed parvi pendo, little I care, T.: parvi sunt foris arma, of little value: parvi refert abs te ius dici diligenter, nisi, etc., it matters little: quia parvi id duceret, cared little for: quanti emptus? parvo, H.
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    parva -um, minor -or -us, minimus -a -um ADJ
    small, little, cheap; unimportant; (SUPER) smallest, least

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  • 9 ratiuncula

        ratiuncula ae, f dim.    [ratio], a small reckoning, little account: erat ei de ratiunculā relicuom pauxillulum Nummorum, T.— A slight ground, trifling reason: leves: huic incredibili sententiae ratiunculas suggerit.— A petty syllogism.
    * * *
    little reckoning, account; a poor reason; a petty syllogism

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  • 10 rēgulus

        rēgulus ī, m dim.    [rex], a ruler of a small country, petty king, prince, chieftain, lord: reguli in unum convenerunt, S.— A king's son, prince, member of a royal family, L.
    * * *
    I
    petty king, prince; Regulus (Roman consul captured by Carthaginians)
    II
    Regulus; (Roman consul captured by Carthaginians)

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  • 11 vōcula

        vōcula ae, f dim.    [vox], a small voice, weak voice: recreandae voculae causā.—A soft note, low tone: falsae voculae.—A petty speech, mean saying, small-talk: voculae malevolorum.
    * * *
    low, weak voice; a low tone; a petty speech

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  • 12 De asini vmbra disceptare

    • To argue about the shadow of an ass. (petty things for petty mind)

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  • 13 minuo

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

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  • 14 minutum

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

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  • 15 angulus

        angulus ī, m    [1 AC-], an angle, corner: ad pares angulos ferri, at right angles: huius lateris alter, Cs.: extremus, the farthest corner, O.: proximus, H. — Meton., a secret place, nook, corner, lurking-place: in angulum aliquo abire, T.: provinciae: Ille terrarum, H.: puellae risus ab angulo, H.: ut de his rebus in angulis disserant.—Of a little country-seat: Angulus iste, H.—Fig.: ad omnīs litterarum angulos revocare, i. e. petty discussions.
    * * *
    angle, apex; corner, nook, niche, recess, out-of-the-way spot

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  • 16 appendicula

        appendicula ae, f dim.    [appendix], a petty addition, little supplement: causae.
    * * *
    small addition/appendix/annex; appendage

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  • 17 cōpō

        cōpō ōnis, m    [CAP-], a petty tradesman, huckster, innkeeper: ad cauponem devertere: Perfidus, H.: copo de viā Latinā.
    * * *
    shopkeeper, salesman, huckster; innkeeper, keeper of a tavern

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  • 18 clientulus

        clientulus ī, m dim.    [cliens], a poor client, Ta
    * * *
    mere/small/insignificant client; petty vassal; (term of contempt)

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  • 19 cōntiuncula

        cōntiuncula ae, f dim.    [contio], an harangue, petty speech: in contiunculas detrudi.
    * * *
    small or negligible meeting; short harangue, trifling speech (L+S)

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  • 20 conventiculum

        conventiculum ī, n dim.    [2 conventus], a petty assembly, association: hominum.— A place of assembling: conventicula exstruere, Ta.
    * * *
    small assembly; place of assembly/resort; assembly, meeting, association (L+S)

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