assula
οὗ δ' ἂν Ἔρως μὴ ἐφάψηται, σκοτεινός → he on whom Love has laid no hold is obscure | he whom Love touches not walks in darkness
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
assŭla: (in many MSS. astŭla), ae, f.
dim. axis.
I A splinter, shaving, chip: at etiam cesso foribus facere hisce assulas, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 20: Melandrya vocantur quercūs assulis similia, Plin. 9, 15, 18, § 48: assula tenuis brevisque, id. 16, 11, 22, § 54. —Of marble, a chip, shiver, Vitr. 7, 6.—*
II A shingle, σχίδη: Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
assŭla,¹⁶ æ, f., dim. de assis, fragments du bois quand on le coupe, éclat, copeau : P. Fest. 84 ; Schol. Virg. En. 1, 176 ; at etiam asto ? at etiam cesso foribus facere hisce assulas ? Pl. Merc. 130, mais je reste encore planté là ? mais je suis encore à tarder de mettre cette porte en éclats ? || fragments, éclats de pierre : Vitr. Arch. 7, 6, 6.
