venula
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vēnŭla: ae, f.
dim. vena,
I a small vein, veinlet.
I Lit., Cels. 2, 6.—*
II Trop., Quint. 12, 10, 25.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vēnŭla, æ, f. (vena),
1 petite veine : Cels. Med. 2, 6 || [fig.] faible veine [de talent] : Quint. 12, 10, 25
2 filet d’eau : Mamert. An. præf.
Latin > German (Georges)
vēnula, ae, f. (Demin. v. vena), I) das Äderchen, Cels. 2, 6 in. p. 36, 15 D. u. 7, 29. p. 318, 34 D. (aber 7, 31 in. p. 320, 29 liest jetzt D. venarum): bildl., Quint. 12, 10, 25. – II) übtr., die Quellader, Claud. Mam. de stat. anim. praef. p. 697 Migne.
