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Menander, Monostichoi, 494

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hŏmuncĭo: ōnis, m.
dim. id.,
I a little man, manikin: ego homuncio hoc non facerem? Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42: homuncio hic, qui multa putat praeter virtutem homini cara esse (opp. deus), Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 134: (Augustus Horatium) inter alios jocos homuncionem lepidissimum appellat, Suet. Vit. Hor.; Sen. Ep. 116, 6: quadringenta tibi si quis deus aut similis dis homuncio, Juv. 5, 133.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

hŏmuncĭō,¹³ ōnis, m., Cic. Ac. 2, 134 et homuncŭlus, ī, m., Cic. Tusc. 1, 17 ; 5, 64 ; Nat. 1, 123, c. homullus.

Latin > German (Georges)

homuncio, ōnis, m. (Demin. v. homo, s. Prisc. 3, 34), ein Menschlein, als geringes, schwaches Geschöpf (im Ggstz. zur vollkommenen Gottheit usw.), ein schwaches Erdenkind, Ter. eun. 591. Cic. Acad. 2, 134. Aug. bei Suet. vit. Hor. p. 46 R. Sen. ep. 116, 7. Petron. 34, 7. Iuven. 5, 133. Apul. met. 9, 7. Augustin. conf. 9, 3.

Latin > English

homuncio homuncionis N M :: little man, manikin