fraterculus

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fraterculus fraterculi N M :: little brother

frātercŭlus: i, m.
dim. frater,
I a little brother.
I Lit.: unde fit, ut malim fraterculus esse Gigantis, i. e. of unknown parents. qs. sprung from the earth, Juv. 4, 98. —
II Transf. (acc. to frater, II. A.), a familiar appellation given to a friend: quam copiose laudatur Apronius a Timarchide ... Volo, mi frater, fraterculo tuo credas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155.

frātercŭlus,¹⁵ ī, m. (frater), tendre frère : Timarch d. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 155 || petit frère : Juv. 4, 98.

frāterculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. frater), das Brüderchen, Iuven. 4, 98: als Liebkosungswort, Timarch. b. Cic. Verr. 3, 155.

fraterculus, i. m. :: 小弟。— gigantum 私孩。