leviculus

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ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ εἷς τέκτων ὀχυρὰν οὕτως ἐποίησεν θύραν, δι᾽ἧς γαλῆ καὶ μοιχὸς οὐκ εἰσέρχεται → but no carpenter ever made a door so secure that a weasel or a womanizer could not pass through it

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lĕvĭcŭlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. [1. levis. *
I Very small, trivial, insignificant: quid significet prandium caninum, rem leviculam, diu et anxie quaesivimus, Gell. 13, 31, 15.—
II Somewhat light-minded, vain: leviculus sane noster Demosthenes, qui, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 103.