tantillus
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
Latin > English
tantillus tantilla, tantillum ADJ :: so small, so small a quantity
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tantillus: a, um,
I adj. dim. tantulus, so little, so small; in neutr. subst., so little a thing, such a little thing (mostly anteclass.; not in Cic.).
A With correl.-clause: febrem tantillam esse, ut, etc., Cels. 2, 8: tantillum loci, ubi catellus cubet, id mihi sat est loci, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 40: si hercle tantillum peccassis, etc., id. Rud. 4, 4, 106.—
B Absol.: quem ego modo puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi meis, * Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 24: monstrum mulieris! tantilla tanta verba funditat, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61: donum, id. Truc. 2, 7, 59.—
II Subst.: tan-tillum, i, n., so little, such a trifle: hoccine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari? Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 56: haud tantillo minus, id. Most. 2, 1, 47.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tantīllus,¹⁶ a, um, si petit : Ter. Ad. 563 ; tantillus ut Cels. Med. 2, 8, faible au point que.
Latin > German (Georges)
tantillus, a, um (tantus) = tantulus, so klein, Komik. u. Spät. (aber Cels. 2, 8. p. 45, 15 Daremberg tantulum). – subst., tantillum, ī, n., so wenig, Plaut. u. Catull.
