discerniculum
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
discernĭcŭlum: i, n. id.. *
I The bodkin in a woman's head-dress, which parted the hair, a hair-bodkin, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 31; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 129.—*
II Trop., a difference: coloris, Gell. 17, 15, 4; Ambros. Apol. Dav. Alt. 4, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
discernĭcŭlum, ī, n. (discerno), aiguille de tête, qui sert à partager les cheveux : Varro L. 5, 129 || différence : Gell. 17, 15, 4.
