collection

collātĭo ( conl-), ōnis, f. [confero], a bringing together, collecting.

Prop., of the standards in war for battle, a hostile meeting:

signorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: centuriarum, for voting, id. ap. Ascon. in Toga Cand. p. 85, 18 Baiter:

hyacinthorum et auri,

Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126.—Of money, a contribution, collection, a gratuity collected together for the emperor:

stipis aut decimae,

Liv. 5, 25, 5; 4, 60, 6; 6, 14, 12; Tac. G. 29; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Ner. 38; 44; id. Tit. 7; cf. Plin. Pan. 41, 1 Schwarz.—In jurid. Lat.:

collatio bonorum,

the putting together of the possessions of several, in order to divide them equally, Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 8; cf. Cod. 6, 20: de collationibus, et saep.—

Trop.

Malitiarum, a union, combination, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 67:

vocum,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 4.—

A comparison, similitude, parabolê:

collatio est oratio rem cum re ex similitudine conferens,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; id. Fin. 2, 27, 75; id. N. D. 3, 28, 70; id. Div. 2, 17, 38; id. Tusc. 4, 38, 84 (cf. Quint. 5, 11, 23; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Quint. 8, 3, 77; 7, 7, 2; Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126).—

In philos.:

collatio rationis,

the analogy, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 33 Madv.; id. Tusc. 4, 12, 27; cf.:

rerum saepe factarum inter se collatio,

Sen. Ep. 120, 3.—

In gram.: collatio secunda, the comparative:

collatio tertia,

the superlative, Fest. p. 181, 28, and 286, 26 Müll.—

The comparison, collation of texts, manuscripts, etc. (late Lat.): aliquem multorum codicum vetustiorum collatione confutare. Aug. c. Faust. 32, 16.

collectus ( conl-), a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. colligo.

collectus ( conl-), ūs, m. [1. colligo], a collection:

aquae,

Lucr. 4, 414 Lachm. N. cr.; cf.:

aquae pluvialis,

Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.:

lapidum,

Lucr. 3, 198:

auri et argenti,

Tert. Anim. 37.

collŭvĭo ( conl-), ōnis, and collŭvĭ-es, em, ē (the latter form not freq. before the Aug. per.; but exclusively used by Col., Pliny the elder, and Tac.; a third collat. form collŭvĭum, acc. to Isid. Diff. Verb. 40), f. [colluo], a conflux or collection of filth, washings, sweepings, draff, swill.

Prop.

Colluvies, Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§

2 and 4: cohortis et aedificii,

Col. 2, 15, 8; cf. id. 1, 6, 24; 1, 5, 6:

turbida nigro limo,

Luc. 4, 311; Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.—

Colluvio:

colluvionibus sentinarum,

Arn. 5, p. 172.—

More freq. trop., the impure conflux of different objects, dregs, impurities, impure mixture, vile medley, offscourings.

Colluvio:

mixtorum omnis generis animantium,

Liv. 3, 6, 3:

cum ex hac turbā et colluvione discedam,

Cic. Sen. 23, 85; cf. Non. p. 82, 9:

o praeclarum diem, omnium scelerum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

rerum,

Liv. 3, 11, 5:

deterrima verborum,

Gell. 1, 15, 17:

colluvionem gentium adferre,

a polluting mixture, Liv. 4, 2, 5:

mixti ex omni colluvione exsules obaerati, etc.,

id. 26, 40, 17; cf. id. 22, 43, 2:

in colluvione Drusi,

the dregs of the people adhering to him, the rabble, Cic. Vat. 9, 23;

Cod. Th. 13, 3, 7: ordinum hominum,

Curt. 10, 2, 6:

sanguinis peregrini et servilis,

Suet. Aug. 40; Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 11.—

Colluvies, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7:

rerum,

Tac. H. 2, 16 fin.; cf. absol., id. A. 14, 15; 14, 44; id. H. 5, 12:

nationum,

id. A. 2, 55:

collecta populi,

Just. 2, 6, 4.

commentārĭus, ii, m. (sc. liber;

both together,

Gell. 13, 20, 17); commentā-rĭum, ii, n. (sc. volumen, Varr. L. L. 6, § 90 Müll.; Cic. Brut. 44, 164; cf. commentariolum) [commentor].

Orig. a note-book, sketch-book, memorandum:

diurni,

a journal, Suet. Aug. 64.—

As the title of a book on any subject, but esp. historical, which is only sketched down or written without care (mostly in plur.), a sketch, a paper, memoirs, a commentary, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 42, 6, 3; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 3, 8, 58; 3, 8, 67; 8, 2, 12; 10, 7, 30 al.; Tac. A. 6, 47; Suet. Tib. 61 et saep. Thus the two works of Cæsar upon the Gallic and civil wars are called Commentarii, commentaries, Cic. Brut. 75, 262; Hirt. and Asin. Pollio ap. Suet. Caes. 56.—Of a single book:

superiore commentario,

i. e. in the Seventh Book, Hirt. B. G. 8, 30; cf. Gai Inst. 2, 23; 2, 145.—

Esp.

A commentary, exposition, brief explanation, annotation:

commentarium in Vergilium,

Gell. 2, 6, 1; cf. id. 1, 12; 1, 21.—

In law, a brief, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 54.—

The day-book of an accounting officer, Inscr. Grut. 592, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2904.—

A collection of examples or citations, Quint. 1, 8, 19.—

A pupil ' s notes of a lecture or lesson, Quint. 3, 6, 59.

commentārĭus, ii, m. (sc. liber;

both together,

Gell. 13, 20, 17); commentā-rĭum, ii, n. (sc. volumen, Varr. L. L. 6, § 90 Müll.; Cic. Brut. 44, 164; cf. commentariolum) [commentor].

Orig. a note-book, sketch-book, memorandum:

diurni,

a journal, Suet. Aug. 64.—

As the title of a book on any subject, but esp. historical, which is only sketched down or written without care (mostly in plur.), a sketch, a paper, memoirs, a commentary, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 42, 6, 3; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 3, 8, 58; 3, 8, 67; 8, 2, 12; 10, 7, 30 al.; Tac. A. 6, 47; Suet. Tib. 61 et saep. Thus the two works of Cæsar upon the Gallic and civil wars are called Commentarii, commentaries, Cic. Brut. 75, 262; Hirt. and Asin. Pollio ap. Suet. Caes. 56.—Of a single book:

superiore commentario,

i. e. in the Seventh Book, Hirt. B. G. 8, 30; cf. Gai Inst. 2, 23; 2, 145.—

Esp.

A commentary, exposition, brief explanation, annotation:

commentarium in Vergilium,

Gell. 2, 6, 1; cf. id. 1, 12; 1, 21.—

In law, a brief, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 54.—

The day-book of an accounting officer, Inscr. Grut. 592, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2904.—

A collection of examples or citations, Quint. 1, 8, 19.—

A pupil ' s notes of a lecture or lesson, Quint. 3, 6, 59.

conceptĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

Prop.

A comprehending; hence, concr., a circuit, compass:

summa omnium naturae rerum (mundus),

the system of the universe, Vitr. 9, 4, 2:

tota mundi,

id. 6, 1, 6.—

Aquae, a collection, reservoir, Front. Aquaed. 66; 67; 71; 73 al.—

A conception, a becoming pregnant, Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50; Plin. 22, 22, 40, § 83;

and imbrium (as fructifying the earth),

Vitr. 8 praef. —

Trop.

A composing, drawing up of juridical formulas Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 58; Dig. 3, 5, 46; 12, 2, 34; 24, 3, 56; 48, 2, 3 al.—Hence,

Rei, an expression, Gell. 11, 13, 9.—

In late gram., a syllable, Charis. p. 1 P.

conceptus, a, um, Part., from concipio.

conceptus, ūs, m. [concipio].

A collecting, gathering:

(Tiberis) novenorum conceptu dierum navigabilis,

after the water had been stopped nine days, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53.—

Concr., a collection, conflux:

conceptus aquarum inertium vasti,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 15, 1.—

A taking, catching:

camini,

i. e. a taking fire, Suet. Vit. 8.—

In partic.

A conceiving, pregnancy:

hominum pecudumve,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93; cf.:

Caeli latu Terraeque conceptu generati editique,

id. Tim. 11 med.:

accelerant cochleae,

Plin. 30, 14, 43, § 126.—

Transf., of plants, a budding, sprouting:

conceptus id est germinatio,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 13:

satorum,

id. 17, 18, 30, § 134.—

Concr., the fœtus:

a se abigere,

Suet. Dom. 22:

leporis utero exemptus,

Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 248. —

Trop., a conceiving in the mind; concr., a thought, purpose: animi, Firm. Math. 5, 12.

concĭlĭum, ii, n. [con- and root cal- of calo; Gr. kaleô; cf. clamo], a collection of people, an association, gathering, union, meeting, assembly, = coetus (class.).

In gen.:

videre ambas in uno concilio,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 96; id. Clst. 4, 2, 33:

Camenarum cum Egeria,

Liv. 1, 21, 3:

ab sede piorum, coetu concilioque abigi,

id. 2, 38, 4:

pastorum,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

deorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.

caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

divinum animorum,

id. Sen. 23, 84:

concilia coetusque hominum jure sociati, quae civitates appellantur,

id. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

(Cyclopum) Concilium horrendum,

Verg. A. 3, 679:

amoena piorum Concilia,

id. ib. 5, 735:

Musarum,

Stat. Th. 6, 355:

mulierum,

id. ib. 3, 178.— Poet. of animals:

inque ferarum Concilio medius sedebat,

Ov. M. 10, 144;

and trop.: tamquam meretricem in matronarum coetum, sic voluptatem in virtutum concilium adducere,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12.—

Esp.

An assembly for consultation, a council (in concreto; on the contrary consilium signifies [p. 400] the counsel in abstracto that is taken in such an assembly. The meanings, however, often pass over to each other; hence in MSS. and edd. a freq. confusion of the two words; cf.

consilium),

Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 1:

(opiniones), quae in senatu, quae apud populum, quae in omni coetu concilioque proferendae sunt,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77:

inire,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 33:

habere,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 3:

convocare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 10; 3, 3:

vocare,

Verg. A. 10, 2:

cogere,

id. ib. 11, 304:

dimittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 33 al.; Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31 al.:

transferre Lutetiam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

in posterum diem differre,

Curt. 6, 11, 9:

dare legatis,

Liv. 43, 17, 7:

indicere,

id. 1, 50, 4:

constituere diem concilio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30:

Messene ab Achaeis, quod concilii eorum recusaret esse, oppugnari coepta est,

i. e. a member of the Achaian league, Liv. 36, 31, 1:

concilio excesserunt,

id. 32, 22, 12: sanctum Patrum, * Hor. C. 4, 5, 4 et saep.—

A close conjunction, i. e. union, connection (esp. freq. in Lucr.):

coetu concilioque Nil facient (primordia rerum), etc.,

Lucr. 2, 920:

materiaï concilium,

id. 1, 518:

in concilium coire,

id. 2, 564 sq.; cf. id. 1, 772; 1, 1081; 2, 565.— Transf., a bond of union, tie:

hoc mihi tecum concilium manebit,

Ov. M. 1, 710.—

A sexual union, coition:

corporalia,

Arn. 2, 54; cf.:

primordia quae genitali Concilio possent arceri,

Lucr. 1, 183. —

(As an incentive to this.) The blossom of the plant iasione, Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.

collātĭo ( conl-), ōnis, f. [confero], a bringing together, collecting.

Prop., of the standards in war for battle, a hostile meeting:

signorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: centuriarum, for voting, id. ap. Ascon. in Toga Cand. p. 85, 18 Baiter:

hyacinthorum et auri,

Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126.—Of money, a contribution, collection, a gratuity collected together for the emperor:

stipis aut decimae,

Liv. 5, 25, 5; 4, 60, 6; 6, 14, 12; Tac. G. 29; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Ner. 38; 44; id. Tit. 7; cf. Plin. Pan. 41, 1 Schwarz.—In jurid. Lat.:

collatio bonorum,

the putting together of the possessions of several, in order to divide them equally, Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 8; cf. Cod. 6, 20: de collationibus, et saep.—

Trop.

Malitiarum, a union, combination, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 67:

vocum,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 4.—

A comparison, similitude, parabolê:

collatio est oratio rem cum re ex similitudine conferens,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; id. Fin. 2, 27, 75; id. N. D. 3, 28, 70; id. Div. 2, 17, 38; id. Tusc. 4, 38, 84 (cf. Quint. 5, 11, 23; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Quint. 8, 3, 77; 7, 7, 2; Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126).—

In philos.:

collatio rationis,

the analogy, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 33 Madv.; id. Tusc. 4, 12, 27; cf.:

rerum saepe factarum inter se collatio,

Sen. Ep. 120, 3.—

In gram.: collatio secunda, the comparative:

collatio tertia,

the superlative, Fest. p. 181, 28, and 286, 26 Müll.—

The comparison, collation of texts, manuscripts, etc. (late Lat.): aliquem multorum codicum vetustiorum collatione confutare. Aug. c. Faust. 32, 16.

collectus ( conl-), a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. colligo.

collectus ( conl-), ūs, m. [1. colligo], a collection:

aquae,

Lucr. 4, 414 Lachm. N. cr.; cf.:

aquae pluvialis,

Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.:

lapidum,

Lucr. 3, 198:

auri et argenti,

Tert. Anim. 37.

collŭvĭo ( conl-), ōnis, and collŭvĭ-es, em, ē (the latter form not freq. before the Aug. per.; but exclusively used by Col., Pliny the elder, and Tac.; a third collat. form collŭvĭum, acc. to Isid. Diff. Verb. 40), f. [colluo], a conflux or collection of filth, washings, sweepings, draff, swill.

Prop.

Colluvies, Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§

2 and 4: cohortis et aedificii,

Col. 2, 15, 8; cf. id. 1, 6, 24; 1, 5, 6:

turbida nigro limo,

Luc. 4, 311; Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.—

Colluvio:

colluvionibus sentinarum,

Arn. 5, p. 172.—

More freq. trop., the impure conflux of different objects, dregs, impurities, impure mixture, vile medley, offscourings.

Colluvio:

mixtorum omnis generis animantium,

Liv. 3, 6, 3:

cum ex hac turbā et colluvione discedam,

Cic. Sen. 23, 85; cf. Non. p. 82, 9:

o praeclarum diem, omnium scelerum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

rerum,

Liv. 3, 11, 5:

deterrima verborum,

Gell. 1, 15, 17:

colluvionem gentium adferre,

a polluting mixture, Liv. 4, 2, 5:

mixti ex omni colluvione exsules obaerati, etc.,

id. 26, 40, 17; cf. id. 22, 43, 2:

in colluvione Drusi,

the dregs of the people adhering to him, the rabble, Cic. Vat. 9, 23;

Cod. Th. 13, 3, 7: ordinum hominum,

Curt. 10, 2, 6:

sanguinis peregrini et servilis,

Suet. Aug. 40; Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 11.—

Colluvies, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7:

rerum,

Tac. H. 2, 16 fin.; cf. absol., id. A. 14, 15; 14, 44; id. H. 5, 12:

nationum,

id. A. 2, 55:

collecta populi,

Just. 2, 6, 4.

consessus, ūs, m. [consido].

Abstr., a sitting together or with (only post-class.):

communis ei,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 4:

consessum alicui offerre,

the permission to sit with one, id. ib. 18; so of permission to sit: liberum habere, Cod. Th. 6, 26, 16.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,

Concr., a collection of persons sitting together, an assembly (in courts of justice, the theatre;

etc.),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19; id. Mil. 1, 1; id. Planc. 1, 2; id. Quint. 3, 12 al.; * Suet. Aug. 44; Tac. A. 13, 54 al.; Lucr. 4, 76; Verg. A. 5, 340; 5, 577:

quibus cum a cuncto consessu plausus esset multiplex datus,

Cic. Sen. 18, 64:

in ludo talario,

id. Att. 1, 16, 3:

ludorum gladiatorumque,

id. Sest. 50, 106; id. Har. Resp. 11, 22; cf. in plur.:

theatrales gladiatoriique,

id. ib. 54, 115.

corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).

Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).

In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless:

tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res,

Lucr. 1, 305:

animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur,

id. Marcell. 9, 28:

parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,

Lucr. 1, 617:

ignea rerum,

id. 1, 680:

terraï,

id. 5, 236:

acerbum Neptuni,

id. 2, 472:

aquae,

id. 2, 232 et saep.— Poet., plur. for sing.:

nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti,

Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. sômata, Soph. Elec. 1232).—

In partic.

The flesh of animal bodies:

ossa subjecta corpori,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24;

12, 10, 5: amittere,

to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.:

abiit corpusque colorque,

Ov. H. 3, 141;

and the opp. facere,

to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.:

quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.—In a play upon words:

inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat,

Mart. Spect. 7, 6.—

Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.—Of discourse:

nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem,

the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5:

corpus eloquentiae facere,

the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.:

corpus orationis enervatur,

Petr. 2.—

A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.—In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.— Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.—

As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.—

In mal. part., the body, person:

usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108:

illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum,

id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.:

corpore quaestum facere,

id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.;

v. quaestus.— Hence also,

the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.—

Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent;

also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora,

Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.:

lectissima matrum,

id. ib. 9, 272:

quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni,

id. ib. 7, 650;

11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum,

id. ib. 6, 22:

ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis,

Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655:

sororum,

Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653:

conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum,

Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.:

uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16:

qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent,

id. 3, 56, 8; so,

liberum,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.—Of animals: corpora [p. 473] magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369:

seu quis Pascit equos... Corpora praecipue matrum legat,

id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193:

pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias,

Curt. 4, 11, 6.—

Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.;

of ships,

the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.—Of fortifications:

totum corpus coronā militum cingere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72.—Of a land:

Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore,

Just. 4, 1, 1.—Of the state:

alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,

Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and:

nullum civitatis,

a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2:

totum corpus Macedoniae,

id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9:

sui corporis regem creari,

id. 1, 17, 2:

corpus mercatorum,

guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6:

corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux),

Liv. 5, 46, 5:

oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant,

id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.:

fabrorum et naviculariorum,

Dig. 50, 6, 5:

utros ejus habueris libros... duo enim sunt corpora... an utrosque, nescio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.:

corpus omnis Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 34, 7;

hence, Corpus Juris,

title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13:

rationum,

Dig. 40, 5, 37:

patrimonii,

ib. 4, 2, 20:

omnia maternae hereditatis,

ib. 4, 31, 79.

corpuscŭlum, i, n. dim. [corpus], a little body, most freq. of atoms, Lucr. 2, 152; 2, 530; 4, 199; Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66 sq.:

quantula hominum,

Juv. 10, 173.—

Esp.: florum, i.e. a collection, Just. praef. —

As a term of endearment:

melliculum,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 23.