matercula
From LSJ
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mātercŭla: ae, f.
dim. mater,
I a little mother (class.): tune igitur mea matercula? Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 601 P.: materculae suae festivus filius, * Cic. Fl. 36, 91; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mātercŭla,¹⁵ æ, f., dim. de mater : Pl. d. Prisc. Gramm. 3, 20 ; Cic. Fl. 91 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
mātercula, ae, f. (Demin. v. mater), das Mütterchen, die liebe Mama, Plaut. fr. b. Prisc. 3, 20. Cic. Flacc. 91. Hor. ep. 1, 7, 7. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 6383.
