contractiuncula

ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea

Latin > English

contractiuncula contractiunculae N F :: slight (mental) depression (w/animi); dejection, sadness (L+S)

contractĭuncŭla: ae, f.
dim. contractio;
I trop.: animi, dejection, sadness, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

contractĭuncŭla, æ, f. (dim. de contractio ), contractiunculæ animi Cic. Tusc. 3, 83, légers serrements de l’âme.

contractiuncula, ae, f. (Demin. v. contractio no. II), die leichte Beklommenheit, contractiunculae quaedam animi, Cic. Tusc. 3, 83.