cervicula
From LSJ
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cervīcŭla: ae, f.
dim. id..
I A small neck, * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 49; App. Flor. p. 348: contracta, Quint. 11, 3, 180.—*
II In mechanics, the neck of a hydraulic machine, Vitr. 10, 8, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cervīcŭla,¹⁶ æ, f., dim. de cervix,
1 petit cou, petite nuque : cerviculam jactare Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, balancer la tête
2 col d’une machine hydraulique : Vitr. Arch. 10, 8, 2.
