parmula
From LSJ
ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων → as different as chalk from cheese, different as chalk from cheese, apples and oranges, like apples and oranges, by as much as cardamom is different from figs
Latin > English
parmula parmulae N F :: little shield
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
parmŭla: ae, f.
dim. 1. parma,
I a little, round shield, a small target.
I Lit.: relictā non bene parmulā, Hor. C. 2, 7, 10; Fest. p. 238 Müll.—
II Trop.: parmulam ventilare, Front. Or. Ep. 1 Mai.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
parmŭla,¹⁶ æ, f. (parma), petit bouclier rond, petite parme : Hor. O. 2, 7, 10 ; Fest. 238.
Latin > German (Georges)
parmula, ae, f. (Demin. v. parma), ein kurzer, runder Schild, parmulae non amplae, Frontin. 4, 7, 29: relictā non bene parmulā, Hor. carm. 2, 7, 10: parmulis pugnare, Fest. 238 (b), 9: parmulam ventilare, Fronto de oratt. p. 158, 21 N.
