quasillum

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γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ → the fool laughs even when there's nothing to laugh at

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

quăsillum: i, n., and quăsillus, i, m.
dim. qualum,
I a small basket for various purposes; esp., a wool-basket (class.), Cato, R. R. 133.—Of wool-baskets: inter quasilla pendebatur aurum, in the spinning-room, Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10: pressumque quasillo Scortum, who must spin, i. e. low, mean, Tib. 4, 10, 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 37.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

quăsillum,¹⁵ ī, n., corbeille à laine : Cic. Phil. 3, 10 ; Tib. 4, 10, 3 ; Prop. 4, 7, 41.