morsel Copy link Outline I. A bite, mouthful1. offa2. buccella3. frustŭlum (a small bit of anything)II. A small portion1. mīca (a crumb or grain)2. frustŭlum3. paulum, paulŭlum • morsel: I. A bite, mouthful: 1. offa: a m. of paste (chickens' food), offa pultis, Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73: Virg. Dimins. offula (without sensible diff. of meaning), Varr. Col.: Apul.. and ofella (a little bit of anything eatable), Juv. 11, 144. 2. buccella: Mart.: v. mouthful. 3. frustŭlum (a small bit of anything): Apul. (Not frustum, which is a piece broken or cut off, of any size). Delicate m.s, cupēdia, orum, or cuppediae, arum: v. dainty (subs.). II. A small portion: 1. mīca (a crumb or grain): Lucr. 1, 839: Petr.: Plin. 2. frustŭlum: v. supr. (I., 3). 3. paulum, paulŭlum: v. little (subs.). Phr.: not a m., ne tantillum quidem (R. and A.) cf. Pl. Most, 2, 1, 47. See also particle.
MORSEL Copy link • MORSELA mouthful, offula (Col.); offella, bucella (Mart.; frustulum, Apul.): a morsel of bread, mica panis (Petronius): delicate morsels, lautitiae (Suet.); bonae res (Nep., Ages., 8, 5); cupedia, -orum (Plaut.). A small quantity, frustum; paululum (Cic.); exiguum (Plin.); also, by diminutives; e.g., my morsel of money, nummuli mei; vindemiolae nostrae (Cic.): he has not a morsel of brains, ne tantillum quidem sapit.