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mĕlĭuscŭlus , a, um,
I.adj. dim. [melius], somewhat better, rather better (anteclass. and post-Aug.).—Of a convalescent: “qui meliusculus esse coepit,Cels. 3, 22; Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 19.—Of things: “si eris verax, ex tuis rebus feceris meliusculas,Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 15; cf. “v. 6: apes coloris meliusculi,Col. 9, 3, 2: “facies,Sen. Ben. 1, 3: spes, rather more, Varr. ap. Non. 394, 10.— In neutr. sing.: “meliusculum est monere,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 3.—Adv.: mĕlĭuscŭlē .
I. Rather better, pretty well (class.): cum meliuscule tibi esset, when you were somewhat better (of a convalescent), * Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1: “jam valere,Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 Mai.—
II. Rather more, somewhat more: “meliuscule quam satis fuerit, biberis,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 51.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.5.1
    • Plautus, Curculio, 4.2
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 4.2
    • Plautus, Captivi, 5.2
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.22
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 1.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.3.2
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