contractiuncula
From LSJ
αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contractĭuncŭla: ae, f.
dim. contractio;
I trop.: animi, dejection, sadness, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contractĭuncŭla, æ, f. (dim. de contractio ), contractiunculæ animi Cic. Tusc. 3, 83, légers serrements de l’âme.
