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opusculum

opusculum · n

a little work

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Where it lives

De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 3 · 0.69/10k
Lucullus 1 · 0.56/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k

What it meant

ŏpuscŭlum — Lewis & Short

ŏpuscŭlum, i, n.dim.1. opus,

I a little work (class.): Myrmecides minutorum opusculorum fabricator, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: accipies igitur hoc parvum opusculum lucubratum his jam contractioribus noctibus, id. Par. prooem. § 5: Cassi Parmensis, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 3: mea, id. ib. 1, 19, 35.

In the wild

opuscula Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.16.p4
opuscula Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.4.p3
opuscula Horace, Epistulae 1.19.35
opuscula Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 22.22
opuscula Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 60.5
opuscula Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 107.12

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Where it came from

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