Puellulas -

Puellulas in hortō vīdī. "I saw the little girls in the garden."

Here, the diminutive evokes not just smallness but a fleeting, pastoral beauty. puellulas

Bestiaria Latina: Gaudium Mundo: Tinnitus, Tinnitus Puellulas in hortō vīdī

However, Latin speakers rarely left well enough alone. To express smallness, endearment, or sometimes contempt, they added the diminutive suffix (feminine) or -ulus (masculine). Thus: or sometimes contempt