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  • 41 civitatula

    (small) city/town; citizenship (in small/petty state)

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  • 42 cocionor

    cocionari, cocionatus sum V DEP
    trade, traffic (in a petty way); be a dealer/broker

    Latin-English dictionary > cocionor

  • 43 delectatiuncula

    little/trifling pleasure; petty delight (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > delectatiuncula

  • 44 parvulus

    I
    parvula, parvulum ADJ
    very small, very young; unimportant; slight, petty
    II
    infancy, childhood; small child, infant

    Latin-English dictionary > parvulus

  • 45 subregulus

    petty prince; feudatory vassal

    Latin-English dictionary > subregulus

  • 46 surregulus

    petty prince; feudatory vassal

    Latin-English dictionary > surregulus

  • 47 pusillus

    tiny, puny / petty, mean.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > pusillus

  • 48 adsentatiuncula

    assentātĭuncŭla ( ads-), ae, f. dim. [assentatio], petty, trivial flattery: adsentatiunculae ac perjuratiunculae parasiticae, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 75: non vereor, ne adsentatiunculā quādam aucupari tuam gratiam videar, * Cic. Fam. 5, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adsentatiuncula

  • 49 Antoniaster

    Antōnĭaster, tri, m. dim. [from Antonius, as surdaster from surdus, parasitaster from parasitus; cf. Prisc. p. 628 P.], a servile imitator of the orator Antonius, a petty Antony: hic noster Antoniaster, Cic. Varen. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 617 P.

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  • 50 assentatiuncula

    assentātĭuncŭla ( ads-), ae, f. dim. [assentatio], petty, trivial flattery: adsentatiunculae ac perjuratiunculae parasiticae, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 75: non vereor, ne adsentatiunculā quādam aucupari tuam gratiam videar, * Cic. Fam. 5, 12.

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  • 51 caupo

    caupo (also cōpo and cūpo, Charis. p. 47 P.; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7;

    the form copo,

    Cic. Clu. 59, 163; Inscr. Orell. 4169; Inscr. Momms. 5078), ōnis, m. [root cap-, to take in, receive, v. capio; cf. kapêlos], a petty tradesman, huckster, innkeeper, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 35; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 51; Hor. S. 1, 1, 29 K. and H.; 1, 5, 4; Mart. 1, 57; Dig. 4, 9, 1 al.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    sapientiae atque facundiae,

    Tert. Anim. 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caupo

  • 52 causula

    causŭla, ae, f. dim. [causa].
    I.
    A petty lawsuit, Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 9; Capitol. Macrin. 4, 3.—
    II.
    A slight occasion, Auct. B. Afr. 54.

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  • 53 cupo

    caupo (also cōpo and cūpo, Charis. p. 47 P.; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 6, 7;

    the form copo,

    Cic. Clu. 59, 163; Inscr. Orell. 4169; Inscr. Momms. 5078), ōnis, m. [root cap-, to take in, receive, v. capio; cf. kapêlos], a petty tradesman, huckster, innkeeper, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 35; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 51; Hor. S. 1, 1, 29 K. and H.; 1, 5, 4; Mart. 1, 57; Dig. 4, 9, 1 al.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    sapientiae atque facundiae,

    Tert. Anim. 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cupo

  • 54 delectatiuncula

    dēlectātĭuncŭla, ae, f., dim. [delectatio], a trifling pleasure, petty delight, Gell. praef. § 23.

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  • 55 ducenaria

    dŭcēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing two hundred, of or relating to two hundred (post-Aug.):

    pondera,

    Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: procuratores, i. e. who received a salary of 200 sestertia, Suet. Claud. 24 (cf. Dio Cass. 53, 15):

    praefectus,

    Inscr. Orell. 3444; cf. ib. 946; 2648.— Plur. as subst.:

    ducenarii,

    Cod. Just. 10, 19, 1: judices, petty judges (chosen from persons possessed of 200 sestertia), Suet. Aug. 32.— Subst.: dŭ-cēnārius, ii, m., in milit. lang., the commander of 200 men, Veg. Mil. 2, 8.— dŭcē-nārĭa, ae, f., the office of a ducenarius, i. q. ducena, Cod. Th. 1, 9, 1; App. M. 7, p. 190, 13.

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  • 56 ducenarius

    dŭcēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], containing two hundred, of or relating to two hundred (post-Aug.):

    pondera,

    Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: procuratores, i. e. who received a salary of 200 sestertia, Suet. Claud. 24 (cf. Dio Cass. 53, 15):

    praefectus,

    Inscr. Orell. 3444; cf. ib. 946; 2648.— Plur. as subst.:

    ducenarii,

    Cod. Just. 10, 19, 1: judices, petty judges (chosen from persons possessed of 200 sestertia), Suet. Aug. 32.— Subst.: dŭ-cēnārius, ii, m., in milit. lang., the commander of 200 men, Veg. Mil. 2, 8.— dŭcē-nārĭa, ae, f., the office of a ducenarius, i. q. ducena, Cod. Th. 1, 9, 1; App. M. 7, p. 190, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ducenarius

  • 57 exiguo

    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.
    I.
    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.
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

    exiguo conceditur misericordia,

    Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

    dormire,

    Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

    sapere,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

    tument vela,

    Luc. 5, 431.—
    * (γ).
    Form exĭgŭo:

    tangere aliquid,

    Scrib. Comp. 240.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exiguo

  • 58 exiguum

    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.
    I.
    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.
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

    exiguo conceditur misericordia,

    Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

    dormire,

    Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

    sapere,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

    tument vela,

    Luc. 5, 431.—
    * (γ).
    Form exĭgŭo:

    tangere aliquid,

    Scrib. Comp. 240.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exiguum

  • 59 exiguus

    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.
    I.
    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.
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

    exiguo conceditur misericordia,

    Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

    dormire,

    Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

    sapere,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

    tument vela,

    Luc. 5, 431.—
    * (γ).
    Form exĭgŭo:

    tangere aliquid,

    Scrib. Comp. 240.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exiguus

  • 60 furunculus

    fūruncŭlus, i, m. dim. [id.], a petty thief, pilferer (cf. furax).
    I.
    Lit.:

    olim furunculus, nunc etiam rapax,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 66; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 16.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A pointed, burning sore on the human body, a boil, furuncle, Cels. 5, 28, 8; Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 130.—
    B.
    A germ or knob on a vine, so called from its shape, Col. 4, 22, 4; 4, 24, 5; Plin. 17, 22, 36, § 181.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > furunculus

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  • Petty averages — Petty Pet ty, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Petty cash — Petty Pet ty, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Petty officer — Petty Pet ty, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • petty — petty, puny, trivial, trifling, paltry, measly, picayunish, picayune mean little and insignificant, often contemptibly so. Something is petty which by comparison with other things the same in kind but different in size, importance, gravity, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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