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mīca , ae, f. root smic-; Gr. σμικρός, μικρός; cf. micula; O. Germ. smahan, to belittle,
I.a crumb, little bit, morsel, grain (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “mica panis,” Petr. 42: “auri,” Lucr. 1, 839: “marmoris,” Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68: “salis,” a grain of salt, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37: “amomi,” id. 12, 18, 41, § 83: “saliens (i. e. salis) mica,” Hor. C. 3, 23, 12: “tus in micas friatur,” Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65: “de micis puerorum,” Vulg. Marc. 7, 28.—
II. Transf.
A. A small diningroom, Mart. 2, 59, 1; Sen. Ep. 51, 12.—
B. In gen., a little bit, a grain: “nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis,” a grain of sense, Cat. 86, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • New Testament, Mark, 7.28
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.839
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 22.37
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 51.12
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