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|lshtext=<b>scintilla</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. kindr. [[with]] [[σπινθήρ]] | |lshtext=<b>scintilla</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. kindr. [[with]] [[σπινθήρ]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[spark]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., a [[bright]], [[sparkling]] [[point]]: nullis ut in [[auro]] lucentibus scintillis, Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 95.—<br /><b>II</b> 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. | ||
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Revision as of 09:34, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Had he had a jot or scintilla of evidence for the charges he trumped up against me would he have allowed this? P. ἆρʼ ἂν εἴ γʼ εἶχε στιγμὴν ἢ σκιὰν τούτων ὧν κατεσκεύαζε κατʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦτʼ ἂν εἴασε (Dem. 552).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scintilla: ae, f.
dim. kindr. with σπινθήρ,
I a spark (class.).
I 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.—
B Transf., a bright, sparkling point: nullis ut in auro lucentibus scintillis, Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 95.—
II 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.
