pusillo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pusillus, pusilla -um, pusillior -or -us, pusillissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tiny, wee, very small (amount/degree/extent); miniature, on a tiny scale;; petty, trifling, insignificant; petty/mean/ungenerous (person/character);
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →pusillum, pusilli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small/tiny/little amount; trifle (L+S); little while; very little;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Satura XV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...decrescebat Homero, terra malos homines nunc educat atque pusillos; ergo deus, quicumque aspexit, ridet et odit. a deuerticulo..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...loco livor, et unus aut alter mali, in pusillo loco multi; adversus quod difficile est habere cotidie bonum..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Praesta de grege sordidaque villa Tonsos, horridulos, rudes, pusillos Hircosi mihi filios subulci. Perdet te dolor hic: habere..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...gerere cognomen: quis enim esse magnus in pusillo potest? Erant illa quae tradebantur subtilia et diligenti intentione discenda..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...illas dum uitat incidat. XXV. 1. Quomodo homini pusillo solacium in malis fuit etiam magnorum uirorum titubare fortunam..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...hominis locupletis, hereditatem non aditurum. 5. Dicet aliquis: 'Pusillo animo timuit, ne videretur locum spei suae aperire velle..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...satis una farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo. prorsus iucunde cenam producimus illam. tendimus hinc recta Beneventum..."
