pŭsillus | pŭsillum, i (noun N) :
* Adj. dim. [pusus], very little, very small, petty, insignificant (class.).
* Lit.: pueri,Cato, R. R. 157, 10: testis,Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 145; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 69: terra homines nunc educat pusillos,Juv. 15, 70: mus,Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15: villula valde pusilla,Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1: folia (herbae),Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162: epistula, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23: pusilli et contempti libelli,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185: cui satis una Farris libra foret, gracili sic tamque pusillo,Hor. S. 1, 5, 69: vox,small, thin, weak,Quint. 11, 3, 32: habuimus in Cumano quasi pusillam Romam,Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.—Comp.: maritus quovis puero pusillior,App. M. 5, p. 163, 5: pusillo animo,Vulg. Col. 3, 21.— Absol.: , , n., a very little, a trifle: nactus pusillum laxamenti, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3: aphaca pusillo altior lenticula est,a trifle taller,Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38: pusillum a vero discedere,a little,Quint. 8, 6, 28; cf. Cato, R. R. 90: post pusillum,after a little,Vulg. Judith, 13, 11; id. Luc. 22, 58.
* Trop., little, small, petty, paltry: animus,a petty spirit,Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4: Siculus ille capitalis, creber, acutus, brevis, paene pusillus Thucydides,id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; Mart. 3, 62, 8: pusilli animi,little courage, diffidence,Hor. S. 1, 4, 17: ingenium,Mart. 9, 51, 1: causa,trifling,Ov. R. Am. 730: res (opp. grandes),Quint. 11, 3, 151: quod dixi tamen, hoc leve et pusillum est,Mart. 4, 43, 9: causidicus,Juv. 10, 121.

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