I.neutr. collat. form quisquĭlĭa , ōrum, Petr. 75; cf.: quisquilia, σκύβαλα, Gloss. Philox.) [prob. from quisque, all sorts of things, odds and ends].
I. Lit., the waste or refuse of any thing, the droppings of trees, sweepings, offscourings, rubbish, filth: “quisquiliae dici putantur quicquid ex arboribus minutis surculorum foliorumve cadit,” Fest. p. 257 Müll.; cf.: “quisquiliae, stipulae immixta esurculis et foliis aridis: sunt autem purgamenta terrarum,” Isid. Orig. 17, 6; and: quisquiliae, σκύβαλα, φρυγάνων χαῖται, περιψήματα, Gloss. Philox.: “quisquilias, volantes, venti spolia, memoras, Caecil. ap. Fest. l. l.: quisquiliae frumenti,” Vulg. Amos, 8, 6: “nugas marinas et quisquilias litorales quaerere,” App. Mag. p. 296, 36. —
II. Transf., of vile or worthless persons, beasts, or things, refuse, outcast, riffraff, dregs, rubbish, trash: “omitto Numerium, Serranum, Aelium, quisquilias seditionis Clodianae,” Cic. Sest. 43, 94; id. Att. 1, 16, 6: homo non, quisquiliae, Nov. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll.— “Of worthless fish,” App. M. 1, p. 113, 28: “corcillum est, quod homines facit: cetera quisquilia omnia,” are trifles, Petr. 75.
