noun
barbŭla
Meaning
- A little beard
barbŭla, ae. f. dim. barba.
I. A little beard (as worn by the young Romans; v. barba. barbatus, and barbatulus): non hac barbulā, sed illa horrida, quam in statuis antiquis videmus, * Cic. Cael. 14, 33.—
B. Transf. to plants (cf. barba, II. A.), Plin. 27, 11, 74, § 98; 21, 8, 25, § 49.—
II. A cognomen of Q. Aemilius, Liv 9, 20, 7.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
barbula ae, f dim.
barba, a little beard.