rusticulus

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

rustĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [rusticus], rather rustic, somewhat coarse.

I Libellus, Mart. 10, 19: nomen (Bissula), Aus. Idyll. Carm. 7, 3.—

II As substt. *

A rustĭcŭ-lus , i, m., a little countryman , a little rustic , Cic. Sest. 38, 82.—

B rustĭcŭla , ae, f., a little heath-cock; (cf. rustica, s. v. rusticus, I. B. 2. b.), Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111; Mart. 13, 76 in lemm.

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