• TRIFLING

1. s. ineptiae: *minutiarum studium (after minutiarum studiosus). Away with this trifling! tolle has ineptias.

2. adj., levis: exiguus: parvus: parvus dictu (e.g., res; opposed to magni momenti res) [SYN. in INCONSIDERABLE]: minutus (insignificant): abjectus (common, low): mediocris (not great). Accuracy or care in trifling matters, minutiae subtilitas or diligentia: trifling investigations, quaestiones minutae. A trifling present, leve munus; munus levidense (once, Cic., Fam., 9, 12, quite at the end): for a more trifling cause, leviore de causa (Caes.): such trifling matters, tantulae res: such trifling occupations or engagements, tantularum rerum occupationes (the business, trouble, etc., such trifling matters cause): no trifling sum, nummi non mediocris summae: to propose trifling questions, res minutas quaerere; minutas interrogationes proponere: to be fond of trifling pursuits, minutiarum esse studiosum: to consider anything as a trifling matter, aliquid parvi facere, or (Tac.) in levi habere.