pluscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [plus],
I somewhat more , a little more; rather many (only as subst. class.): tum pluscula Supellectile opus est, Ter. Phorm. 665: sal, Col. 12, 50, 12: ad cujus noctis exemplar similes adstruximus plusculas, several nights , Ap. Met. 2, 17, 20; pyxides, id. ib. 3, 21, 13.— Neutr. subst. , a somewhat larger amount : plusculum etiam, quam concedit veritas, amori nostro largiare, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3.—With gen.: plusculum negotii, Cic. de Or. 2, 24: ut plusculum sibi juris populus ascisceret, id. Rep. 2, 33, 57.—
B Adv.: pluscŭlum , somewhat more , rather more (ante-class.): invitavit sese in cenā plusculum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 127: plusculum annum, somewhat more than a year , id. Pers. 1, 1, 121: laborare, too much , Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 10.