perpusillus
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
per-pŭsillus: a, um, adj.,
I very small, very little: pusillus testis processit ... Non accusabis: perpusillum rogabo, in a double sense (adj. or adv.), I will ask very little, or, the very little man, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perpŭsillus, a, um, très petit : Cic. de Or. 2, 245 || n. pris advt, très peu : Cic. de Or. 2, 245 [jeu de mots].
Latin > German (Georges)
per-pusillus, a, um, sehr klein, sehr wenig, perpusillus testis processit... non accusabis: perpusillum rogabo, im scherzh. Doppelsinn (adi. u. adv.), ich will nur ein ganz kleines Ding = »ich will den winzig kleinen (Zeugen) fragen« u. »ich will nur eine Kleinigkeit fr.«, Cic. de or. 2, 245.
