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scintilla
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Lewis Short
scintilla (noun F) : dim.kindr. with σπινθήρ
* A spark (class.).
* Lit.; sing.: videmus Accedere ex unā scintillā incendia passim,Lucr. 5, 609; 4, 606; Verg. A. 1, 174; Ov. M. 7, 80; Liv. 38, 7 al.: parva saepe scintilla contempta excitavit incendium,Curt. 6, 3, 11.—Plur., Lucr. 2, 675; 6, 163; Verg. A. 12, 102; Quint. 8, 5, 29 al.
* Transf., a bright, sparkling point: nullis ut in auro lucentibus scintillis,Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 95.
* Trop., a spark, glimmer, faint trace: scintilla ingenii,Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 31: belli,id. Fam. 10, 14, 2: isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,id. Ac. 2, 19, 61: ne scintillam quidem relinques, genus qui congliscat tuom,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 52.
* A spark (class.).
* Lit.; sing.: videmus Accedere ex unā scintillā incendia passim,Lucr. 5, 609; 4, 606; Verg. A. 1, 174; Ov. M. 7, 80; Liv. 38, 7 al.: parva saepe scintilla contempta excitavit incendium,Curt. 6, 3, 11.—Plur., Lucr. 2, 675; 6, 163; Verg. A. 12, 102; Quint. 8, 5, 29 al.
* Transf., a bright, sparkling point: nullis ut in auro lucentibus scintillis,Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 95.
* Trop., a spark, glimmer, faint trace: scintilla ingenii,Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 31: belli,id. Fam. 10, 14, 2: isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,id. Ac. 2, 19, 61: ne scintillam quidem relinques, genus qui congliscat tuom,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 52.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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