offŭla | offla (noun F) : (sync. ), , dim. offa
* A little bit, a small piece (peculiar to the vulg. lang.; cf. Suet. Claud. 40): offula dicta, ut offa minima e suere,Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 Müll.: offulam cum duabus costis,id. R. R. 2, 4, 11: carnis, spisse componuntur,Col. 12, 53, 4: polentae caseatae,App. M. 1, p. 103, 34: panis,Veg. Vet. 4, 18; cf. Fall. 1, 29, 4.—Prov.: quis potest sine offulā vivere? Claud. ap. Suet. Cland. 40.—Transf., as a term of abuse applied to a bad slave: quid faciat crucis offla, corvorum cibaria?this gallows-bird,Petr. 58.

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