guttula

From LSJ

ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

Source

Latin > English

guttula guttulae N F :: little drop

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

guttŭla: ae, f.
dim. gutta,
I a little drop (ante- and post-class.): ah, guttula pectus mihi ardens aspersisti, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 27: favorum guttulae, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 427.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

guttŭla,¹⁶ æ, f. (gutta), petite goutte, gouttelette : Pl. Epid. 554.

Latin > German (Georges)

guttula, ae, f. (Demin. v. gutta), das Tröpfchen, Plaut. Epid. 554 G. Fulg. myth. 3, 8: favorum guttulae, Paul. Nol. carm. 21, 427. – übtr. = ein bißchen, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 44, 9.

Latin > Chinese

guttula, ae. f. :: 小滴