litterula
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
littĕrŭla: (lītĕr-), ae, f.
dim. littera.
I A little letter, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1: accepi tuam epistolam vacillantibus litterulis, id. Fam. 16, 15, 2.—
II Transf.: litterulae, ārum.
A A short letter, a note: hoc litterularum exaravi, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1.—
B Grammatical knowledge, literary learning, liberal studies: quem propter litterularum nescio quid libenter vidi, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8: litterulae meae oblanguerunt, id. Fam. 16, 10, 2; 5, 21, 2: litterulis Graecis imbutus, Hor. Ep. 2, 27.
