copiolae

πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cōpĭŏlae: ārum, f.
dim. 1. copia, I. B. 2.,
I a small number of troops, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.

cōpĭŏlæ, ārum, f. (copia), petite armée : Brut. d. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.

cōpiolae, ārum, f. (Demin. v. copia no. I, 1, b, α), Truppenhäuflein, Brut. in Cic. ep. 11, 13, 2.