I.a little man, manikin: “ego homuncio hoc non facerem?” Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42: “homuncio hic, qui multa putat praeter virtutem homini cara esse (opp. deus),” Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 134: (Augustus Horatium) inter alios jocos homuncionem lepidissimum appellat, Suet. Vit. Hor.; Sen. Ep. 116, 6: “quadringenta tibi si quis deus aut similis dis homuncio,” Juv. 5, 133.
hŏmuncĭo , ōnis, m. dim. id.,
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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