pauci (ὀλίγοι; opposed to complures, with substantives in the plur.; the sing., paucus, is foreign to standard prose) few people, pauci: very few, perpauci; perquam pauci; paucissimi: not a few (i. e., persons), multi (many); plerique (a great many, a great number): few things, pauca (noun plur.): in a few words, paucis verbis; also, paucis only; as few as possible, quam minime multi. How few are there who...? quotusquisque est, qui, etc. (with subjunctive).