laureola

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

laurĕŏla, ae, f. dim. [laurea], lit.,

a little laurel crown or garland; hence, transf., a little triumph : quod esset ad laureolam satis, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2.—Prov.: laureolam in mustaceo quaerere (a laurel branch in a laurel cake), i. e. to seek fame in trifles , Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4.

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