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quantillus , a, um,
I.adj. dim. [quantulus], how small a deal, i. e. how little, how small, how diminutive (Plautin.).
1. Interrog.: huic debet Philolaches paulum. Then. Quantillum? Tra. Quasi quadraginta minas, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 95; id. Ps. 4, 7, 95; id. Curc. 1, 2, 14.— “In exclamations: haecine sunt meae filiae? Quantae e quantillis jam sunt factae!” Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 8, 7.—
2. Rel.: “subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mihi apud trapezitam siet,” Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 90.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.2
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