contractiuncula
From LSJ
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contractĭuncŭla: ae, f.
dim. contractio;
I trop.: animi, dejection, sadness, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contractĭuncŭla, æ, f. (dim. de contractio ), contractiunculæ animi Cic. Tusc. 3, 83, légers serrements de l’âme.
Latin > German (Georges)
contractiuncula, ae, f. (Demin. v. contractio no. II), die leichte Beklommenheit, contractiunculae quaedam animi, Cic. Tusc. 3, 83.
