homunculus

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πολλῶν ὁ καιρὸς γίγνεται διδάσκαλος → the critical moment will turn out to be the teacher of many things

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Latin > English

homunculus homunculi N M :: little man, manikin

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

hŏmuncŭlus: i, m.
dim. homo,
I a little or weakly man, a manikin: hui, Homunculi quanti estis! Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 66; id. Capt. prol. 51; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 90: hem! nos homunculi indignamur, si quis, etc., Sulpic. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4: neque tam desipiens fuisset, ut homunculis similem deum fingeret, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 123: ut homunculus unus e multis, etc., id. Tusc. 1, 9, 17; cf.: humilis homunculus, id. ib. 5, 23, 64; App. M. 9, p. 222.

Latin > German (Georges)

homunculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. homo, s. Prisc. 3, 34), ein Menschlein, bes. als armes, schwaches Geschöpf, ein armer (schwacher) Mensch, armes (schwaches) Erdenkind (im Ggstz. zur vollkommenen Gottheit usw.), Plaut., Cic. u.a.: belli homunculi (Leutchen), Varro sat. Men. 333 (bei Gell. 13, 11, 3).

Latin > Chinese

homunculus, i. m. :: 卑人矮人斗筲 之子