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LNS

litterula, litterulae

(līterula, līterulae)

littera

noun (f., 1^st declension)

A little letter
A short letter, a note
Grammatical knowledge, literary learning, liberal studies

Abbreviations

litterula (līter-), ae, f. dim. littera. A little letter, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1: accepi tuam epistolam vacillantibus litterulis, id. Fam. 16, 15, 2.

— Transf.: litterulae, ārum. A short letter, a note: hoc litterularum exaravi, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1.

— Grammatical knowledge, literary learning, liberal studies: quem propter litterularum nescio quid libenter vidi, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8: litterulae meae oblanguerunt, id. Fam. 16, 10, 2; 5, 21, 2: litterulis Graecis imbutus, Hor. Ep. 2, 27.