particula
ὃς ἂν βούληται τῆν γῆν κινῆσαι κινησάτω τὸ πρῶτον ἑαυτόν → let him that would move the world first move himself
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
partĭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. pars,
I a small part, a little bit, a particle.
I In gen. (class.): tenuissimae particulae, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162: ut ne qua particula in hoc sermone praetermissa sit, id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: caeli, id. ib. 1, 39, 179: justitiae, id. Off. 2, 11, 40: particula parva, id. Pis. 35, 85: arenae, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23: undique desectam, id. ib. 1, 16, 14: minutae rerum particulae, Quint. 3, 11, 21; cf. Val. Max. 6, 9, 7: malorum, Juv. 13, 14.—
II In partic.
A In rhet. lang., a clause of a sentence, Quint. 9, 4, 69; 4, 5, 25; 7, 10, 6; 8, 3, 63; 10, 3, 30. —
B In gram., a particle, Gell. 2, 17, 6; 2, 19, 3; 7, 7, 6; 11, 3, 2 et saep.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
partĭcŭla,¹² æ, f., dim. de pars, petite partie, parcelle, particule : Cic. Ac. 2, 118 ; de Or. 2, 162 ; Rep. 1, 38 ; Pis. 85 || [rhét.] les incises [petits membres dont se compose une phrase, une période] : Quint. 9, 4, 69 ; 10, 3, 30 || [gramm.] particule : Gell. 2, 17, 6 ; 2, 19, 3 ; 7, 7, 6.
