pŭsillum

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

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.—

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.

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

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.—

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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laxāmentum, i, n. [laxo], an extending, widening.

Lit. (post-Aug.):

ventus laxamentum sibi parat,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 3:

cellae,

Vitr. 4, 7 fin.:

ventris,

an evacuating, purging, Macr. S. 7, 11.—

Transf. (in concr.), a wide space, room:

choragia laxamentum habeant, ad chorum parandum,

Vitr. 5, 9, 1.—

Trop., a relaxation, mitigation, alleviation, respite (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

si quid laxamenti a bello Samnitium esset,

Liv. 9, 41:

eo laxamento cogitationibus dato,

id. 7, 38 fin.:

ut minus laxamenti daretur iis ad auxilia Hannibali submittenda,

id. 22, 37; 10, 39: nactus in navigatione pusillum laxamenti, Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3:

dare laxamentum legi,

laxity, indulgence, Cic. Clu. 33, 89; so,

leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse... nihil laxamenti nec veniae habere,

Liv. 2, 3.