bestiola
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English
bestiola bestiolae N F :: little creature, insect
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bestĭŏla: ae, f.
dim. bestia,
I a small animal, a little beast, Cic. N.D. 2, 48, 123; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2; Sen. Ep. 70, 17; Plin. 11, 6, 7, § 17; 18, 17, 44, § 156; 22, 25, 81, § 163; Veg. R. R. 3, 15, 10 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bēstĭŏla, æ, f. (bestia), insecte, petite bête : Cic. Nat. 2, 123, etc., Plin. 11, 17, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
bestiola, ae, f. (Demin. v. bestia), das Tierchen, bestiolae quaedam minutae, Varr.: sic dissimillimis bestiolis (pinae et squillae) communiter cibus quaeritur, Cic.: et bestiolae, si quae prope nascuntur aut inferuntur, aut efflantur aut aritudine cito pereunt, v. Insekten, Varr.: curculio et reliquae bestiolae, quae frumento solent nocere, Vitr.: bestiolae multorum pedum, Tausendfüßler, Scrib. 39 in.
