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fīlĭŏla , ae, f. dim. filia,
I.a little daughter.
I. Lit.: educare aliquam pro filiola sua, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29: “L. Paullus filiolam suam Tertiam animadvertit tristiculam,” Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103; Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 13; id. Rud. prol. 39; M. Aurel. in Fronto, Ep. 5, 53 ed. Mai.; Juv. 6, 241: “quoniam mihi videris hanc scientiam juris tamquam filiolam osculari tuam,” Cic. Mur. 10, 23.—
II. Transf., sarcastically of an effeminate person: “duce filiola Curionis, i. e. C. Curione C. F.,” Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5.—Poet., of the letters of Cadmus: “Cadmi filiolae atricolores,” Aus. Ep. 7, 25.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.14.5
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