barbula
From LSJ
εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι → excluding death and maiming, short of death or maiming
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.
