pumilus
From LSJ
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
Latin > English
pumilus pumili N M :: dwarf
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pūmĭlus: a, um (scanned pŭm-, Stat. S. 1, 6, 64; collat. form pūmĭlis, νάνος, Gloss. Philox.), adj.,
I dwarfish, diminutive, little: puero pumilior, App. M. 5, p. 163, 5. —
II Subst.: pūmĭlus, i, m., a dwarf, Stat. S. 1, 6, 65; Suet. Aug. 83.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pūmĭlus,¹⁶ ī, m., nain : Suet. Aug. 83 || adjt, pumilior Apul. M. 5, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
pūmilus, ī, m. (wahrsch. stammverwandt m. puer), der Zwerg, Suet. Aug. 83. Mart. 14, 212 lemm. Stat. silv. 1, 6, 57 u. 64 (wo die erste Silbe kurz steht).
