I.a little bit, a small piece (peculiar to the vulg. lang.; cf. Suet. Claud. 40): “offula dicta, ut offa minima e suere,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 Müll.: “offulam cum duabus costis,” id. R. R. 2, 4, 11: “carnis, spisse componuntur,” Col. 12, 53, 4: “polentae caseatae,” App. M. 1, p. 103, 34: “panis,” Veg. Vet. 4, 18; cf. Fall. 1, 29, 4.—Prov.: quis potest sine offulā vivere? Claud. ap. Suet. Cland. 40.—Transf., as a term of abuse applied to a bad slave: “quid faciat crucis offla, corvorum cibaria?” this gallows-bird, Petr. 58.
offŭla (sync. offla ), ae, f. dim. offa,
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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