metula
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mētŭla: ae, f.
dim. meta,
I a small pyramid, obelisk (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 35.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mētŭla,¹⁶ æ, f., dim. de meta, petite pyramide : Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 6, 35.
Latin > German (Georges)
mētula, ae, f. (Demin. v. meta), eine kleine Pyramide, eine kleine Spitzsäule, Plin. ep. 5, 6, 35.
