Note 575 — Chapter II · PETRONIUS: NOVELIST AND POET
Reading edition
E.g. amasiunculus, 45; amasiuncula, 75; lamellula, 57; cor(i)cillum, 75; manuciolum, 63. The loss of force in popular diminutives is plain from “hominem ... ualde audaculum,” 63 = “a mighty bold fellow.”