The corpus record — Latin

versiculus

versiculus · m

a little line

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 2 · 2.37/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
Orator 2 · 1.08/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 1 · 0.95/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

versĭcŭlus — Lewis & Short

versĭcŭlus, i, m.dim.versus,

I a little line, a mere line: tribusne versiculis his temporibus Brutus ad me? Nihil scripsissem potius. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 14, 1: epistulae versiculum, id. Att. 5, 1, 3: cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet: quo uno versiculo satis armati semper consules fuerunt, id. Mil. 26, 70; cf. id. Leg. 2, 6, 14.—

II Esp., of poetry, a little verse, verslet, line: apud quos (comicos poëtas), nisi quod versiculi sunt, nihil est aliud cottidiani dissimile sermonis, Cic. Or. 20, 67: nonne conpensabit cum uno versiculo tot mea volumina laudum suarum? id. Pis. 30, 75; Quint. 9, 4, 52; Cat. 16, 3; 16, 6; Hor. Epod. 11, 2; id. S. 1, 2, 109; 1, 10, 32; 1, 10, 58; Ov. H. 20, 238.

In the wild

versiculo Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone 70
versiculos Catullus, Carmina lyrics.50.4
versiculos Ausonius, Griphus Ternarii numeri pr.p1
uersiculorum Suetonius, C. Caligula 8.5
versiculos Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.115
versiculos Martial, Epigrammata 6.64.23

6 of 29 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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