little (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. paulum2. părum (but little, less than should be3. exĭguum (a very l.)4. nonnĭhil5. ălĭquantŭlum (just a l.) • little (subs.): 1. paulum: (1). foll. by part. gen. = a small quantity: a l. pounded salt, p. triti salis, Col.: Hor. (2). of time: a little = a short time: to rest a l. (awhile), p. requiescere, Cic. de Or. 1, fin. (3). of degree: a little = to some extent: your letters encourage me a l., epistolae tuae me p. recreant, Cic. Att. 9, 6, med. (4). in abl. paulo, with comparatives, to denote the degree in which: not a l. better, haud paulo melior, Cic. Att. 2, 12, fin.: Quint. 2. părum (but little, less than should be: with part. gen.): but l. wisdom, p. sapientiae, Sall. Cat. 5. See also little, adv. (2). 3. exĭguum (a very l.): a l. space, ex. spatii, Liv. 22, 24, med.: they add a l. honey, ex. mellis adjiciunt, Plin. 28, 9, 37 § 139: to sleep very l., ex. dormire, Plin. 10, 77, 97. 4. nonnĭhil: v. somewhat. 5. ălĭquantŭlum (just a l.): spare yourself a l., al. tibi parce, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. In Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20 = multum (ironicé). (N.B.--The above are used only in nom. and acc. in part. sense.)