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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=meliusculus meliuscula, meliusculum ADJ :: [[somewhat better]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mĕlĭuscŭlus</b>: a, um,<br /><b>I</b> adj. [[dim]]. [[melius]], [[somewhat]] [[better]], [[rather]] [[better]] (anteclass. and [[post]]-Aug.).—Of a [[convalescent]]: qui [[meliusculus]] esse coepit, Cels. 3, 22; Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 19.—Of things: si eris [[verax]], ex tuis rebus feceris meliusculas, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 15; cf. v. 6: apes coloris meliusculi, Col. 9, 3, 2: [[facies]], Sen. Ben. 1, 3: [[spes]], [[rather]] [[more]], Varr. ap. Non. 394, 10.— In neutr. [[sing]].: meliusculum est monere, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 3.—Adv.: mĕlĭuscŭlē.<br /><b>I</b> Rather [[better]], [[pretty]] [[well]] ([[class]].): cum [[meliuscule]] [[tibi]] esset, [[when]] [[you]] were [[somewhat]] [[better]] (of a [[convalescent]]), * Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1: jam valere, [[Fronto]], Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 Mai.—<br /><b>II</b> Rather [[more]], [[somewhat]] [[more]]: [[meliuscule]] [[quam]] [[satis]] fuerit, biberis, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 51.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mĕlĭuscŭlus</b>,¹⁴ a, um, dim. de [[melior]], un peu meilleur, qui [[est]] un peu mieux : Pl. Capt. 968 ; [[Varro]] Men. 153 ; Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 9 &#124;&#124; meliusculum [[est]] inf. Pl. Curc. 489, il vaut un peu mieux de &#124;&#124; un peu mieux portant : Ter. Hec. 354.||meliusculum [[est]] inf. Pl. Curc. 489, il vaut un peu mieux de||un peu mieux portant : Ter. Hec. 354.
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{{Georges
|georg=meliusculus, a, um (Demin. v. Compar. [[melior]]), [[etwas]] [[besser]], a) v. Lebl.: [[spes]], [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 153: [[facies]], Sen. de ben. 1, 3, 9: [[color]], Colum. 9, 3, 2: ex tuis rebus feceris meliusculas, Plaut. capt. 968 (Schöll in Klammern): meliusculum est monere, Plaut. Cure. 489. – b) v. leb. [[Wesen]]: [[apes]] [[obiter]] et vernaculae [[quae]] sunt, meliusculae a Graeculis fient, Petron. 38, 3. – v. Genesenden, m. [[esse]], [[sich]] [[etwas]] ([[ein]] [[wenig]]) [[besser]] [[befinden]], Ter. Hec. 354. Cels. 3, 22 extr.
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