I.adj. dim. [major], somewhat greater or larger; somewhat great (rare but class.): “folia sunt majuscula, quam hederae,” Plin. 26, 6, 16, § 30: “cura,” Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 3.—Of age, somewhat older: “hanc vicinam dico lenonis hujus meretricem majusculam,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 27: “Thaïs, quam ego sum, majuscula est,” Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 20.
mājuscŭlus , a, um,
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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