particula

partĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [pars], a small part, a little bit, a particle.

I.

In gen. (class.):

tenuissimae particulae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

ut ne qua particula in hoc sermone praetermissa sit,

id. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

caeli,

id. ib. 1, 39, 179:

justitiae,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

particula parva,

id. Pis. 35, 85:

arenae,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 23:

undique desectam,

id. ib. 1, 16, 14:

minutae rerum particulae,

Quint. 3, 11, 21; cf. Val. Max. 6, 9, 7:

malorum,

Juv. 13, 14.—

II.

In partic.

A.

In rhet. lang., a clause of a sentence, Quint. 9, 4, 69; 4, 5, 25; 7, 10, 6; 8, 3, 63; 10, 3, 30. —

B.

In gram., a particle, Gell. 2, 17, 6; 2, 19, 3; 7, 7, 6; 11, 3, 2 et saep.