The corpus record — Latin

scintillula

scintillula · f

a little spark

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Where it lives

De consolatione philosophiae 1 · 0.41/10k

What it meant

scintillŭla — Lewis & Short

scintillŭla, ae, f.dim.id.,

I a little spark, sparklet (rare): eas in pueris virtutum quasi scintillulas videmus, e quibus accendi philosophi ratio debet, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 43: vitae, Tert. Anim. 23: animae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 91 Fleck.

In the wild

scintillula Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 1.M6

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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