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pygmaeus

pygmaeus [CL < πυγμαῖος] 1 of a pygmy. homunculi duo, stature quasi ~ee Gir. IK I 8. 2 very small, tiny; b (of abstr.). est sacer urbe locus media modicumque laborat / in cumulum pigmeus apex, quem surgere plene, / quem plane residere neges J. Exon. BT I 546; membra ferat pygmea gigas fideique columnet / illa basis Garl. Epith. I 99; de pigmeo et paupere priorulo celle nostre de Belvero Reg. Whet. II 472.  b et ego in tanto gracias refero, ad quantum pigmea mea virtus virtualiter se protendit Reg. Whet. II 429 app; princeps ‥ nec in molem Titaniam indecenter elatus, nec in pigmee brevitatis paupertatem dejectus, mediocri statura decenter enituit Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 6. 3 (as sb. m.) one of the race of pygmies, (also in a general sense) a very small or dwarfish person or supernatural being. quoddam invisum genus hominum in antris et concavis montium latebris ‥ quos Graeci a cubito ~aeos vocant Lib. Monstr. I 23; ‥ ab altero rege, qui pigmeus videbatur modicitate stature, que non excedebat simiam Map NC 11 f. 10; non culpet Sisiphum de curto brachio / pigmeus quispiam sive pomilio Walt. Wimb. Palpo 185; non culpet Sisiphi pigmeus cruscula / sed magis Hercules, qui tot miracula / fecisse legitur Ib. 186; sunt ibi et homines cubitalis mensure ~ei nuncupati, qui in quarto anno etatis generant Higd. I 11; pigmeos, i. homines cubitales WW.

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