columella
From LSJ
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏlŭmella: (in MSS. often cŏlum-nella), ae, f.
dim. columna, columen,
I a small column, a pillar, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 22, 2; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Caes. B. C. 2, 10.—
B The foot or pedestal of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.—
II Trop., a pillar, support, prop (cf. columen), Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cŏlŭmella,¹³ æ, f. (dim. de columna, cf. Quint. 1, 7, 29 ), petite colonne : Cato Agr. 20 ; Cic. Leg. 2, 66
