fenestella
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fĕnestella: ae, f.
dim. fenestra,
I a small opening in the wall, a little window.
I Prop., Col. 1, 6, 10; 8, 3, 3; 9, 5, 3.—
II Fenestella, ae, nom. propr.
A Fem.: Porta, a gate in Rome, Ov. F. 6, 578; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 175.—
B Masc., L., a Roman historian under Augustus and Tiberius, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195; Gell. 15, 28, 4 al.
