Scintilla, scintillæ, f. g. Vir. A sparke of fire.Nulla scintilla compareat incendij. Ci. Scintillis plurimis carbo. Plin. Agere scintillas. Lucr. To raise sparckles.Claras scintillas dissipat ignis.Ouid. Tenuis. Luca. Parua scintilla.Ouid.Excudere silicis scintillam. Vir. To strike sire with a fline.Prosiluit scintilla.Ouid. Scintilla belli. C. A sparke or remaines of warre.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
scintilla, ae, f.dim. [kindr. with spinqh/r], a spark (class.). I.Lit.; sing.: videmus Accedere ex unā scintillā incendia passim, Lucr. 5, 609; 4, 606; Verg. A. 1, 174; Ov. M. 7, 80; Liv. 38, 7 al.: parva saepe scintilla contempta excitavit incendium, Curt. 6, 3, 11.—Plur., Lucr. 2, 675; 6, 163; Verg. A. 12, 102; Quint. 8, 5, 29 al.—B.Transf., a bright, sparkling point: nullis ut in auro lucentibus scintillis, Plin. 33, 6, 31, 95.—II.Trop., a spark, glimmer, faint trace: scintilla ingenii, Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 31: belli, id. Fam. 10, 14, 2: isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt, id. Ac. 2, 19, 61: ne scintillam quidem relinques, genus qui congliscat tuom, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 52.