marculus
τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις γίγνεται → undeserved success engenders folly in unbalanced minds
Latin > English
marculus marculi N M :: small hammer
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
marcŭlus: or martŭlus, i, m.
dim. marcus,
I a small hammer, a hammer (ante-class. and post-Aug.): malleus vocatur, quia dum quid calet et molle est, caedit et producit: marcus, malleus major: et dictus marcus, quod major sit ad caedendum, et fortior: marcellus mediocris: marculus malleus pusillus, Isid. Orig. 19, 7, 2; Lucil. ib.: tegulas invenit Cinyra, et metalla aeris, item forcipem, martulum, vectem, incudem, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195: alii caelo et marculo gemmulas exsculpunt, Front. ad Caes. 4, 4, 3 Mai.: aerariorum marculi, Mart. 12, 57, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
marcŭlus, ī, m., dim. de marcus : Isid. Orig. 19, 7, 2 ; Plin. 7, 195 ; Mart. 12, 57, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) marculus1, ī, m. (Demin. v. marcus), ein Hämmerchen, kleiner Hammer (vgl. Isid. orig. 19, 7, 2), Lucil. 1165. Fronto ad Marc. Caes. 4, 3. p. 65, 8 N. Mart. 12, 57, 6. – Nbf. martulus, ī, m., Plin. 7, 195. – Nbf. martellum. ī, n., Gloss. III, 23, 22.
