opella
From LSJ
δήλωσιν ποιούμενος ὅτι ὁ ἐντυγχάνων τοῖς τε λίθοις καὶ τοξεύμασι διεφθείρετο → intimating that it was a mere matter of chance who was hit and killed by stones and bow-shots
Latin > English
opella opellae N F :: little effort; trifling duties
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏpella: ae, f.
dim. opera,
I little or light pains, labor, service (poet.): parva, Lucr. 1, 1114: forensis, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ŏpella,¹⁵ æ, f., dim. de opera, petit travail : Lucr. 1, 1114 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 8.
Latin > German (Georges)
opella, ae, f. (Demin. v. opera), die Mühe, Arbeit, der Dienst, Lucr. 1, 1106 (1114). Hor. ep. 1, 7, 8.
