commentariolum
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
commentārĭŏlum: i, n. (-lus, i, m., Hier. Ep. 149, 1),
dim. commentarius,
I a short treatise, brief commentary: hoc, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 14 fin.; of dub. form, abl. plur., Cic. Fin. 4, 4, 10; id. de Or. 1, 2, 5; id. Phil. 1, 7, 16; Quint. 1, 5, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
commentārĭŏlum,¹⁶ ī, n., Q. Cic. Pet. 58 ; Quint. 1, 5, 7 et commentārĭŏlus, ī, m., Hier. Ep. 119, 1, petit écrit, petit mémoire. d. Cic. Phil. 1, 16 ; de Or. 1, 5, incertitude du genre.
Latin > German (Georges)
commentāriolum, ī, n. u. commentāriolus, ī, m. (Demin. v. commentarius), die flüchtige Aufzeichnung, der flüchtige Entwurf, Notizen, die Skizze, das Heft, α) Sing., hoc c., Q. Cic. de pet. cons. 58: Akk. -olum, Hier. ep. 42, 3. – β) Plur., Akk. -olos, Hier. in Augustin. ep. 75, 4 u. Hier. ep. 119, 1 u. vir. ill. 126. Abl. -olis, Cic. de or. 1, 5; de fin. 4, 10; Phil. 1, 16. Quint. 1, 5, 7.
