labecula
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lābēcŭla: ae, f.
dim. 2. labes,
I a slight stain or disgrace, a blemish; opprobrium: alicui aspergere labeculam, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lābēcŭla,¹⁶ æ, f. (labes), légère tache (flétrissure) : Cic. Vat. 41.
Latin > German (Georges)
lābēcula, ae, f. (Demin. v. labes no. II, B, 2, b), ein Schmutzfleckchen, übtr. = ein kleiner Schandfleck, non nullam laudatione suā alci aspergere labeculam, Cic. Vat. 41.
