salillum

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

sălillum, i, n. dim. [for salinulum, from salinum],

a little salt-cellar , Cat. 23, 19.—In comic lang.: salillum animae, perh. little measure , brief span of life , Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 91.

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