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scintilla , ae, f. dim. kindr. with σπινθήρ,
I.a spark (class.).
I. Lit.; sing.: “videmus Accedere ex unā scintillā incendia passim,” Lucr. 5, 609; 4, 606; Verg. A. 1, 174; Ov. M. 7, 80; Liv. 38, 7 al.: “parva saepe scintilla contempta excitavit incendium,” Curt. 6, 3, 11.—Plur., Lucr. 2, 675; 6, 163; Verg. A. 12, 102; Quint. 8, 5, 29 al.—
B. Transf., a bright, sparkling point: “nullis ut in auro lucentibus scintillis,” Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 95.—
II. Trop., a spark, glimmer, faint trace: “scintilla ingenii,” Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 31: “belli,” id. Fam. 10, 14, 2: “isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,” id. Ac. 2, 19, 61: “ne scintillam quidem relinques, genus qui congliscat tuom,” Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 52.
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 (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.14.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.80
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 3.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.102
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.174
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.606
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.675
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.609
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.163
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 7
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.21
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 5.29
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.3.11
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