I.a small part, a little bit, a particle.
I. In gen. (class.): “tenuissimae particulae,” Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162: “ut ne qua particula in hoc sermone praetermissa sit,” id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: “caeli,” id. ib. 1, 39, 179: “justitiae,” id. Off. 2, 11, 40: “particula parva,” id. Pis. 35, 85: “arenae,” Hor. C. 1, 28, 23: “undique desectam,” id. ib. 1, 16, 14: “minutae rerum particulae,” Quint. 3, 11, 21; cf. Val. Max. 6, 9, 7: “malorum,” Juv. 13, 14.—
II. In partic.
A. In rhet. lang., a clause of a sentence, Quint. 9, 4, 69; 4, 5, 25; 7, 10, 6; 8, 3, 63; 10, 3, 30. —