tendicula
From LSJ
ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν· οὕτω βαθὺν λόγον ἔχει → one would never discover the limits of soul, should one traverse every road—so deep a measure does it possess
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tendĭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. tendo,
I a little stretcher.
I Lit.: vestimenta tendiculis diducta, Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 2.—
II Trop. ( = fraus), a little snare, noose: aucupia verborum et litterarum tendiculae, Cic. Caecin. 23, 65: verborum tendiculas aucupemur, Ambros. de Fide, 3, 5, § 37; Vulg. Prov. 1, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tendĭcŭla,¹⁶ æ, f. (tendo), petit piège : litterarum tendiculæ Cic. Cæc. 65, les misérables pièges des lettres, des syllabes (de l’interprétation littérale).
