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
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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..."- L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - Q
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..."
