aliquantulus
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ălĭquantŭlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. aliquantus, little, small: aliquantulus frumenti numerus, Hirt. B. Afr. 21.—In the neutr. as subst. with partit. gen., a little aeris alieni, Cic. Quint. 4, 15: suspitionis, id. Inv. 2, 9: muri, Liv. 21, 12: agri, id. 21, 31: aquae tepidae, Suet. Ner. 48.— Hence, ălĭquantŭlum, and once, ălĭ-quantŭlō, adv., somewhat, a little: pansam aliquantulum, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 55: quaeso tandem aliquantulum tibi parce. rer. Heaut. 1, 1, 111: subtristis visust esse aliquantulum mihi, id. And. 2, 6, 16: auri navem evertat gubernator an paleae, in re aliquantulum, in gubernatoris inscitiā nihil interest, something (ironic. for aliquid, multum), Cic. Par. 3, 1: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, id. Lael. 12, 40: aliquantulum progredi, id. Div. 1, 33, 73: a proposito declinare, id. Or. 40, 138.—With comp.: stadia aliquantulum breviora, Gell. 1, 1: aliquantulo tristior, Vop. Aur. 38 Gruter.
