θηρίδιον
From LSJ
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of θηρίον, in pl.,
A animalculae, Thphr.HP2.8.3, Arr.Epict.2.9.6, Gal.16.162, Gp.5.53.6.