homuncio
καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν τολμηταὶ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην κινδυνευταὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐέλπιδες → they are bold beyond their strength, venturesome beyond their better judgment, and sanguine in the face of dangers
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hŏmuncĭo: ōnis, m.
dim. id.,
I a little man, manikin: ego homuncio hoc non facerem? Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42: homuncio hic, qui multa putat praeter virtutem homini cara esse (opp. deus), Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 134: (Augustus Horatium) inter alios jocos homuncionem lepidissimum appellat, Suet. Vit. Hor.; Sen. Ep. 116, 6: quadringenta tibi si quis deus aut similis dis homuncio, Juv. 5, 133.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hŏmuncĭō,¹³ ōnis, m., Cic. Ac. 2, 134 et homuncŭlus, ī, m., Cic. Tusc. 1, 17 ; 5, 64 ; Nat. 1, 123, c. homullus.
Latin > German (Georges)
homuncio, ōnis, m. (Demin. v. homo, s. Prisc. 3, 34), ein Menschlein, als geringes, schwaches Geschöpf (im Ggstz. zur vollkommenen Gottheit usw.), ein schwaches Erdenkind, Ter. eun. 591. Cic. Acad. 2, 134. Aug. bei Suet. vit. Hor. p. 46 R. Sen. ep. 116, 7. Petron. 34, 7. Iuven. 5, 133. Apul. met. 9, 7. Augustin. conf. 9, 3.
