dĭēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [dies],
the short space of a day, one little day, a little while , Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 88; Ter. And. 710; Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; and repeatedly in Ap.; so Met. 1, p. 106; ib. 6, 179.
diēcula ae, f dim.dies, a little while, respite , T., C. ...
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