nubecula

nūbēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [nubes], a little cloud.

• I Lit., Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356.—
• • B Transf., something cloudy or dark, a dark spot: mala urina, in quā veluti furfures atque nubeculae apparent, Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: smaragdi variā nubeculā improbati, id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: nubeculae et caligationes suffusionesque oculorum, id. 29, 6, 38, § 123; 20, 7, 26, § 61.—
• II Trop., a gloomy expression of countenance: frontis tuae nubecula, Cic. Pis. 9, 20.

nūbēcula, ae, f. (Demin. v. nubes), eine kleine Wolke, I) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig., nub. parva, Plin. 18, 356. Amm. 23, 5, 12. Vulg. 3. regg. 18, 44: ortus nubeculae, Apul. de mund. 8: inter nubeculas, Tert. adv. Val. 20. – b) übtr., ein Wölkchen, dunkler Fleck, smaragdi quidam nubeculā obducti, Plin.: nubeculae oculorum, Mücken sehen, Plin.: nubeculae in facie, dunkle Flecken, Plin.: aliquae quasi nubeculae, Cels.: tamquam ex furfuribus factas nubeculas repraesentat urina, Cels.: mala (urina) et in qua velut furfures atque nubeculae apparent, Plin. – II) bildl. finsterer Ausdruck, Wolke, frontis tuae, Cic. Pis. 20. – ➳ Nbf. nubicula, Tert. ad nat. 1, 5. Gloss. II, 375, 67 (wo ›nubicula, νεφέλιον‹).

nubecula [ML] , small cloud; b (fig.); c (w. ref. to III Reg. xviii 44). Phoebe ‥ / ‥ / noctem nigram nubiculis / lucens lustrat corniculis (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 4. 33; solis ardor ne ferri nequeat interposita ‥ ~a levi ‥ temperatur Bede Luke 318; persistebat claritas solis limpidissima, nulla videbatur in aethere ~a Gosc. Lib. Mild. 26; veniale ‥ peccatum est in aliquo cum virtute, sicut ~a et sol sunt simul in eodem hemisperio Neckam SS IV 24. 4; s1387 apparuit ‥ ~a ‥ et pluit sanguinem Knighton II 241.  b 1166 transeuntes per ~as rationum ‥ tandem inferant ‥ J. Sal. Ep. 183 (175 p. 158); fallaciarum ~as dissiparet Id. Met. 858C; inter quos ~am odii seminavit adulatio P. Blois Ep. 161. 457B; levis nubecula sed sine tenebra, / lava nos aspera de mundi salebra Walt. Wimb. Carm. 79; nigra mentis nubecula J. Howd. Cyth. 12. 5; quam jocunda securaque mestorum consolacio est ipsa hujus felicissimi regis memoria, cujus abundantissima caritatis ~a tanto copiosius hodie rorat e superis ‥! Mir. Hen. VI II 29 p. 90.  c “vidi hodie mane ~am a mari ascendere, et facta est in nubem maximam ‥’’; processit igitur inde arbitratus se ~am, i. e. parvulum, a mari, i. e. Wallia ‥ natum Map NC II 23 f. 31v; ~a ascendit de mari quasi vestigium hominis orante Helya Ad. Dore Pictor 151.

nūbēcŭla, (16) æ, f. (nubes), petit nuage : Plin. 18, 356 || point obscur : Plin. 28, 68 ; 29, 123 || expression sombre, triste [du visage] : Cic. Pis. 20.

nubecula , ae. f. (nubes.)
小雲。雲翳。面點。— frontis 面上之虛嚴。

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nūbēcula ae, f dim.

• nubes, a little cloud: frontis tuae nubecula, gloomy expression.