rodusculum

rauduscŭlum ( rōd- and rūd- ), i, n. dim. [raudus].

I.

A little piece of brass used as a coin (an old word): in mancipando cum dicitur: Rudusculo libram ferito, asse tangitur libra, Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.; v. raudus.— Hence,

II.

Transf., a small sum of money:

de raudusculo Numeriano multum te amo,

in regard to that little debt of Numerius, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 7:

de raudusculo quod scribis,

id. ib. 4, 8, a, § 1.