perpusillus

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ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ εἷς τέκτων ὀχυρὰν οὕτως ἐποίησεν θύραν, δι᾽ἧς γαλῆ καὶ μοιχὸς οὐκ εἰσέρχεται → but no carpenter ever made a door so secure that a weasel or a womanizer could not pass through it

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-pŭsillus: a, um, adj.,
I very small, very little: pusillus testis processit ... Non accusabis: perpusillum rogabo, in a double sense (adj. or adv.), I will ask very little, or, the very little man, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

perpŭsillus, a, um, très petit : Cic. de Or. 2, 245 || n. pris advt, très peu : Cic. de Or. 2, 245 [jeu de mots].