quibble Copy link Outline 1. captio, f.2. căvilla, f. (very rare)3. călumnia, f.4. ambāges, ium, f. pl.5. argūtĭŏla, f., Gell. 9, 14, fin.6. sŏphisma, ătis, n. (= captio in later writers)7. quaestiuncŭla vafra • quibble, quibbling (subs.): 1. captio, f.: dialectic q.s, c. dialecticae, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: to answer q.s, captiones refellĕre, Cic. Fat. 13, 30 c. discutere, id. Acad. 2, 15, 46: and dim. captiuncŭla, f.: id. Att. 15, 7: v. sophism: adv., to speak in q.s, captĭose dicere: to use contemptible q.s, cf. quo nihil captiosius potest dici, id. Rosc. Com. 17, 52. 2. căvilla, f. (very rare): come, no quibbling! aufer cavillam! Pl. Aul. 4, 4, 11: deriv. căvillātio, f.: a q. about a name, nominis c., Suet. Gramm. 3: cf. c. infelix verborum, Quint. 10, 7, 14: cavillationes ineptae, id. 7, 9, 4: sine metu cavillationis, id. 2, 14, 5: cf. quirk. 3. călumnia, f.: cf. res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis, Cic. Fam. 4, 1. 4. ambāges, ium, f. pl.: leave off q.g and attend to me, ambages mitte atque hoc age, Pl. Cist. 4, 2, 81: to invent, or hunt up childish q.s, cf. vix pueris dignas amb. exquirere, Liv. 9, 11, fin. 5. argūtĭŏla, f., Gell. 9, 14, fin. 6. sŏphisma, ătis, n. (= captio in later writers): Gell. 18, 13. 7. quaestiuncŭla vafra: Sen. Ep. iii. 1.