bit (a small piece) Copy link Outline 1. frustum (usu. of food)2. offa (prop. a lump of cake or meat)3. offŭla (a little b.) • bit (a small piece): 1. frustum (usu. of food): a b. falls from the chicken's mouth, f. ex pulli ore cadit, Cic.: Hor. 2. offa (prop. a lump of cake or meat): Cic.: Virg. 3. offŭla (a little b.): a little b. of meat, carnis of., Col.: a little b. of bread, panis of., Veg. Phr.: to cut anything into little bits, aliquid minutatim secare, Varr.: v. morsel, whit.