bracteola

Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bractĕŏla: ae, f.
dim. id.,
I a thin leaf of gold, * Juv. 13, 152; so Arn. 6, p. 205; Prud. Psych. 355; id. στεφ. 12, 49.