thrips

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

thrips, ĭpis, m., = θρίψ, a wood-worm.

I Lit., Plin. 16, 41, 80, § 220.—

II Transf., trifles , worthless things , = quisquiliae, Mart. Cap. 2, § 164 (al. thriptes).

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