quaestiuncula
From LSJ
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quaestĭuncŭla: ae, f.
dim. id.,
I a little or trifling question (class.): quaestiunculam alicui ponere, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; Sen. Ep. 117, 1: multae, Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51; Quint. 1, 3, 11; Suet. Gram. 24 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quæstĭuncŭla,¹³ æ, f. (quæstio), petite question : Cic. de Or. 1, 102 ; Leg. 2, 51.
