summula

summŭla, ae, f. dim. [summa],

• a small sum: summulas minutas distribuit servis, Sen. Ep. 77, 8; Ap. Met. 11, 28, 11; Prud. στεφ. 2, 131.

summula, ae, f. (Demin. v. summa), die kleine Summe, veste ipsā meā quamvis parvulā distractā, sufficiente mcorrasi summulam, Apul. met. 11, 28: bis bina, bis terna quam efficiant summulam quaerito, Arnob. 2, 24: nam calculanda primitus, tum subnotanda summula, Prud. perist. 2, 131 sq. – Plur., summulas minutas distribuit flentibus servis, Sen. ep. 77, 8.

summula [CL = small sum of money] 1 total or whole amount. modicumque prematur in orbem / summula [vv. ll. formula, forma] materie Vinsauf PN 692. 2 (small) amount, quantity, or sum (also in fig. context). ~a, sumdæl GlP 556; in se liber summulam librat hanc secundus Garl. Epith. II summa 1; ex decem ‥ libris ‥ itinere jam consummato tantum sex mihi supererant ‥ ad victum ‥ providendum, pro quibus quidem comparandis tam exiguam ~am ad perquam paucum tempus sufficere neminem fugit Free Ep. 64; 1517 miseram quandam pecuniae ~am vix ad necessaria suffecturam (H. Bullock) Ep. Erasm. II 579. 3 brief treatise or textbook, esp. one drawing together material on a particular topic (also w. ref. to oral presentation). Turonenses etiam magistros dictandi scientiam in summulas redigentes nihil perfectum asserunt conscripsisse P. Blois AD 45; magister L. ‥ composuit istam ~am L. Somercote 50; nullus puer qui ~as audierit ignorat quando hic est equivocacio penes casus Bacon CSTheol. 68; summa ‥ supra jura canonica cum aliis duabus parvis ~is Ac. Exec. Ep. Lond. 52; 1342 sinodus et ~a de confessionibus corrosi [sic] et insufficientes Vis. Totnes 110; sentencias collegi et collectas conscripsi in ~a una J. Mirfield Brev. 94.

summŭla, (15) æ, f. (summa), petite somme : Sen. Ep. 77, 8 ; Apul. M. 11, 28.

summula , ae. f. (summa.)
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