laterculus
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
Latin > English
laterculus laterculi N M :: small brick, tile; (brick-shaped) block; hard cake/biscuit; parcel of land
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lătercŭlus: (lătĕrĭcŭlus, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2), i, m.
dim. id..
I A small brick or tile: hanc contignationem laterculo astruxerunt, Caes. l. l.: sacellum factum crudis laterculis, Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63: observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptae, id. 7, 56, 57, § 193.—
II Transf.
A A kind of pastry, so called because shaped like a tile, Cato, R. R. 109: nihil nisi laterculos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 115.—
B Among the agrimensores, a tile-shaped piece of land, Sic. Fl. de Cond. Agr. p. 2 Goes.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lătercŭlus¹⁴ (lătĕrĭcŭlus Cæs. C. 2, 9, 2 ), ī, m. (later),
1 petite brique : Plin. 7, 193 ; 30, 63
2 [fig.] sorte de pâtisserie : Pl. Pœn. 325 ; Cato Agr. 109 || morceau de champ en forme de brique : Grom. 122, 18 ; 136, 18.
Latin > German (Georges)
laterculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. later), I) der Ziegelstein, Brandstein, Caes. u.a.: coctiles laterculi, Plin. – Sing. kollektiv, murus instructus laterculo coctili, Curt. – II) übtr., von der Ähnlichkeit: a) eine Art Backwerk, Plinse, Plaut. u. Cato. – b) = πλινθειον, eine Rechenplatte, ein Rechentisch (sonst abacus), Hieron. in Ezech. 4. – c) ein Stück Land in Ziegelform, Gromat. vet. 122, 18 sq. u. 136, 18. – / Nipperdeh u. Dinter schreiben Caes. b. c. 2, 9, 2 mit allen Hdschrn. latericulus, Kraner laterculus. – Synkop. laterclus, Inscr. nach Bücheler Coniect. (1868) p. 14.
