tantillus, a, um, adj. dim. [tantulus],
I so little , so small; in neutr. subst. , so little a thing , such a little thing (mostly anteclass.; not in Cic.).
A With correl.-clause : febrem tantillam esse, ut, etc., Cels. 2, 8: tantillum loci, ubi catellus cubet, id mihi sat est loci, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 40: si hercle tantillum peccassis, etc., id. Rud. 4, 4, 106.—
B Absol. : quem ego modo puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi meis, * Ter. Ad. 563: monstrum mulieris! tantilla tanta verba funditat, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61: donum, id. Truc. 2, 7, 59.—
II Subst.: tan-tillum , i, n., so little , such a trifle : hoccine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari? Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 56: haud tantillo minus, id. Most. 2, 1, 47.