corpusculum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

corpuscŭlum, i, n. dim. [corpus],

I 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.—

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

II As a term of endearment: melliculum, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 23.

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