lamella
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English
lamella lamellae N F :: small metal piece (eg. coin, plate)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lāmella: ae, f.
dim. lamina,
I a small plate of metal, Vitr. 7, 3: paucae lamellae argenti, a few small silver coins, Sen. Vit. Beat. 21, 3; id. Brev. Vit. 12, 2: stella e lamella aerea, Paul. ex Fest. p. 351.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lāmella,¹⁵ æ, f. (lamina), petite lame [de métal] : Vitr. Arch. 7, 3, 9 ; Sen. Brev. 12, 2 ; paucæ lamellæ argenti Sen. Vita b. 21, 3, quelques minces ustensiles d’argent.
Latin > German (Georges)
lāmella (lammella), ae, f. (Demin. v. lamina), ein Blättchen Metall, dünnes Blech, Vitr. 7, 3, 9: lamellae aereae, Vitr. 7, 12, 1: aeruginosae, Sen. de brev. vit. 12, 2: lam. cassiterina, Pelagon. veterin. 7 (135 Ihm): paucae argenti lamellae, einige Silberblechlein, verächtl. = Stücken Silbergeld, Sen. de vit. beat. 21, 3.
