barbula
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
barbŭla: ae. f.
dim. barba.
I A little beard (as worn by the young Romans; v. barba. barbatus, and barbatulus): non hac barbulā, sed illa horrida, quam in statuis antiquis videmus, * Cic. Cael. 14, 33.—
B Transf. to plants (cf. barba, II. A.), Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 98; 21, 8, 25, § 49.—
II A cognomen of Q. Aemilius, Liv 9, 20, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) barbŭla,¹⁶ æ, f., petite barbe : Cic. Cæl. 33 || duvet des plantes : Plin. 27, 98.
Latin > German (Georges)
barbula, ae, f. (Demin. v. barba), das Bärtchen, Stutzbärtchen, der Milchbart, I) eig.: barbula prima, Lucil. sat. 9, 71: aliquis ex barbatis illis, non hāc barbulā, quā ista (mulier) delectatur, sed illā horridā, Cic. Cael. 33: vellicare barbulam, Heges. 4, 25. § 2. – II) übtr.: A) v. Pflanzen: barbulae pastillicantes, Plin.: gerit iuxta folia singulas veluti barbulas, Plin. – B) als Beiname des Q. Aemilius, Liv. 9, 20, 7.
