quisquĭlĭae | quisquĭlĭa, ōrum (noun F) : (
* Neutr. collat. form , , Petr. 75; cf.: quisquilia, σκύβαλα, Gloss. Philox.) [prob. from quisque, all sorts of things, odds and ends].
* Lit., the waste or refuse of any thing, the droppings of trees, sweepings, offscourings, rubbish, filth: quisquiliae dici putantur quicquid ex arboribus minutis surculorum foliorumve cadit,Fest. p. 257 Müll.; cf.: quisquiliae, stipulae immixta esurculis et foliis aridis: sunt autem purgamenta terrarum,Isid. Orig. 17, 6; and: quisquiliae, σκύβαλα, φρυγάνων χαῖται, περιψήματα, Gloss. Philox.: quisquilias, volantes, venti spolia, memoras, Caecil. ap. Fest. l. l.: quisquiliae frumenti,Vulg. Amos, 8, 6: nugas marinas et quisquilias litorales quaerere,App. Mag. p. 296, 36.
* Transf., of vile or worthless persons, beasts, or things, refuse, outcast, riffraff, dregs, rubbish, trash: omitto Numerium, Serranum, Aelium, quisquilias seditionis Clodianae,Cic. Sest. 43, 94; id. Att. 1, 16, 6: homo non, quisquiliae, Nov. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll.— Of worthless fish,App. M. 1, p. 113, 28: corcillum est, quod homines facit: cetera quisquilia omnia,are trifles,Petr. 75.