quaesticulus

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

quaestĭcŭlus: i, m.
dim. quaestus,
I a small profit, slight gain (class.), Cic. Div. 2, 15, 34; id. Fam. 9, 16, 7; App. M. 11, p. 272, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

quæstĭcŭlus, ī, m., dim. de quæstus, petit gain : Cic. Div. 2, 34 ; Fam. 9, 16, 7.