pŭsillus

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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tiny, puny / petty, mean.

, ( Melittophagus pusillus)

ENG little bee-eater

NLD dwergbijeneter

NLD dwergstekelstaarteekhoorn

ENG South African fur seal, (Cape fur seal)

NLD Zuid-Afrikaanse zeebeer, (Zuid-Afrikaanse pelsrob), (Kaapse pelsrob)

GER sudafrikanischer Seebar, Zwergseebar, (sudafrikanische Pelzrobbe)

FRA otarie a fourrure d'Afrique, (otarie a fourrure du Cap)

ENG brown-billed scythebill

NLD kleine boomklimmer

ENG least nighthawk

ENG black-crested finch

ENG yellow-throated hanging-parrot

ENG dwarf epauletted fruit bat

NLD kleine epaulettenvleerhond

GER Zwerg-Epauletten-Flughund

FRA petit microptere

ENG red-fronted tinkerbird

ENG fire-fronted serin

NLD roodvoorhoofdkanarie

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.

cămillus (also casmilus; cf. Camena and Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.), i, m. [with difficulty connected with the Samothracian Kabiren-Hermes, Kadmilos and Kadmos; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, 3, § 34 Müll., and Macr. S. 3, 8; perh. dim. from root of Camena; cf. carmen], a noble youth employed in the sacrifices of the Flamen Dialis, and then, gen., in religious offices, Paul. ex Fest. p. 43 Müll.: hiberno pulvere, verno luto, grandia farra Camille metes, Poët. ib. p. 93. —The same verse is given with the expl., Camillus adulescens est, by Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 101:

Romani pueros et puellas nobiles et investes Camillos et Camillas appellant, flaminicarum et flaminum praeministros,

Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; repeated by Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 63 Müll. s. v. cumeram.—

= pusillus, small, Quint. 8, 3, 19.—

camilla, ae, f., a maiden of unblemished birth and character: caelitum camilla, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 232 Rib.): = administra, since only such maidens were permitted to serve in the sacred rites, v. Varr. l. l.; Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543.

Cămillus, i, m., a cognomen of several persons in the gens Furia;

the most distinguished of whom was M. Furius Camillus,

who conquered Veii, and freed Rome from the Gauls, Liv. 5, 19, 2 sq.; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 6.

cămillus (also casmilus; cf. Camena and Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.), i, m. [with difficulty connected with the Samothracian Kabiren-Hermes, Kadmilos and Kadmos; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, 3, § 34 Müll., and Macr. S. 3, 8; perh. dim. from root of Camena; cf. carmen], a noble youth employed in the sacrifices of the Flamen Dialis, and then, gen., in religious offices, Paul. ex Fest. p. 43 Müll.: hiberno pulvere, verno luto, grandia farra Camille metes, Poët. ib. p. 93. —The same verse is given with the expl., Camillus adulescens est, by Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 101:

Romani pueros et puellas nobiles et investes Camillos et Camillas appellant, flaminicarum et flaminum praeministros,

Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; repeated by Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 63 Müll. s. v. cumeram.—

= pusillus, small, Quint. 8, 3, 19.—

camilla, ae, f., a maiden of unblemished birth and character: caelitum camilla, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 232 Rib.): = administra, since only such maidens were permitted to serve in the sacred rites, v. Varr. l. l.; Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543.

Cămillus, i, m., a cognomen of several persons in the gens Furia;

the most distinguished of whom was M. Furius Camillus,

who conquered Veii, and freed Rome from the Gauls, Liv. 5, 19, 2 sq.; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 6.

cŭbīle, is, n. [cubo], a place of rest, a couch, bed.

Lit.

Of men, Lucr. 5, 814; 5, 985; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; 2, 17, 39; Liv. 30, 5, 10; Hor. S. 1, 3, 100; Curt. 5, 2, 15:

salutatorium,

an audience - chamber, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 38.—

In partic., a marriage-bed, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; Cat. 61, 183; Verg. A. 3, 324; Ov. M. 2, 592; 10, 635 et saep.—

Of animals, the nest, lair, hole, kennel, etc.;

of the mouse: mus pusillus... aetatem uni cubili numquam committit suam,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 16.—Of dogs, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 12 sq.; Phaedr. 1, 19, 9.—Of wild beasts, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126.—

Of the elk,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27.—Of the mole, Verg. G. 1, 183.—Of bees, Verg. G. 4, 243.—

Of serpents, etc.,

Curt. 9, 3, 8 al. —

Poet., the couch of the setting sun:

ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 16; cf.:

cubile noctis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1140.—

Transf., in arch., the joint or bed of a stone, beam, etc., Vitr. 2, 8; 4, 2; Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96; cf. cubiculum, II. B.—

Trop.: avaritiae non jam vestigia, sed ipsa cubilia videre, the very den or lair, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf. id. Clu. 30, 82:

quas (stragis) nos non vestigiis odorantes ingressus tuos, sed totis volutationibus corporis et cubilibus persecuti sumus,

id. Pis. 34, 83 al.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.