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tantillus

tantillus, so little, so small

tantillus, a, um, adj. dim. [tantulus],
  • so little, so small; in neutr. subst., so little a thing, such a little thing (mostly anteclass.; not in Cic.).
    • A With correl.-clause: febrem tantillam esse, ut, etc., Cels. 2, 8: tantillum loci, ubi catellus cubet, id mihi sat est loci, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 40 (618): si hercle tantillum peccassis, etc., id. Rud. 4, 4, 106 (1150).—
    • B Absol.: quem ego modo puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi meis, * Ter. Ad. 563: monstrum mulieris! tantilla tanta verba funditat, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61 (270): donum, id. Truc. 2, 7, 59 (609).—
  • II Subst.: tan-tillum, i, n., so little, such a trifle: hoccine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari? Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 56 (537): haud tantillo minus, id. Most. 2, 1, 47 (394).

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