barbula

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

barbŭla: ae. f.
dim. barba.
I A little beard (as worn by the young Romans; v. barba. barbatus, and barbatulus): non hac barbulā, sed illa horrida, quam in statuis antiquis videmus, * Cic. Cael. 14, 33.—
   B Transf. to plants (cf. barba, II. A.), Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 98; 21, 8, 25, § 49.—
II A cognomen of Q. Aemilius, Liv 9, 20, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) barbŭla,¹⁶ æ, f., petite barbe : Cic. Cæl. 33 || duvet des plantes : Plin. 27, 98.