The corpus record — Latin

barbula

barbula · f

A little beard

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 3 · 1.87/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Ab urbe condita 3 · 0.06/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

barbŭla — Lewis & Short

barbŭla, ae. f.dim.barba.

I A little beard (as worn by the young Romans; v. barba. barbatus, and barbatulus): non hac barbulā, sed illa horrida, quam in statuis antiquis videmus, * Cic. Cael. 14, 33.—

B Transf. to plants (cf. barba, II. A.), Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 98; 21, 8, 25, § 49.—

II A cognomen of Q. Aemilius, Liv 9, 20, 7.

In the wild

Barbula Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.30.1
barbula Cicero, Pro M. Caelio 33
Barbula Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p21
Barbula Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.21.1
Barbulam Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.20.7
Barbulam Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p20

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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