maiusculus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mājuscŭlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. [major], somewhat greater or larger; somewhat great (rare but class.): folia sunt majuscula, quam hederae, Plin. 26, 6, 16, § 30: cura, Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 3.—Of age, somewhat older: hanc vicinam dico lenonis hujus meretricem majusculam, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 27: Thaïs, quam ego sum, majuscula est, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 20.

Latin > German (Georges)

māiusculus, a, um (Demin. v. maior), I) etwas größer, quod vides accĭdere pueris, hoc nobis quoque maiusculis pueris evenit, Sen. ep. 24, 13: folia sunt maiuscula quam hederae, Plin. 26, 30. – auch etwas groß, in aliqua maiuscula cura, Cic. ep. 9, 10, 3. – II) etwas älter, Ter. eun. 527.