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lĕpuscŭlus (contr. acc. plur. lepusclos, Poët. ap. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38), m. dim. [lepus], a young or little hare, leveret, a hare.

  1. I. Lit.: in qua (insula) lepusculos vulpeculasque saepe vidisses, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 88; Col. 9, 9 fin.
  2. II. Transf., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47.