slight (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Light and spare in structureII. Of small account1. lĕvis. a s. engagement, l. proelium, Caes. B. G. 7, 362. parvus, exĭguus, mĭnūtus • slight (adj.): I. Light and spare in structure: lĕvis, lĕvĭdensis (cf. Isid. Or. 19, 22, 19, levidensis dicta [vestis], quod raro filo sit leviterque densata, of slight, flimsy texture): v. light. See also, thin, slender. II. Of small account: 1. lĕvis. a s. engagement, l. proelium, Caes. B. G. 7, 36: on a s.er ground, leviore de causa, ib. c. 4, fin.: a s. wound, l. vulnus, Ains. (cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154, leviter saucius, having received a s. wound). 2. parvus, exĭguus, mĭnūtus: v. insignificant. Phr.: is it a s. matter that ...? parumne est, quod ...? Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 13: there is not the s.est difference between them, ne minimum quidem interest inter eos, Cic. Ac. 2, 17: nil omnino interest, ib. c. 15: to consider of s. importance, levi [parvo] momento aestimare, Caes. B. G. 7, 39: 'tis not of the s.est use, nil (nihil) est! Hor. S. 2, 3, 6: there is not the s.est need, nihil opus est, Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 14. (N.B.--Sometimes a dimin. subs. may expr. the sense, without adj.: e. g. some s. hope, aliquid spēculae, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: a s. indisposition, commotiuncula, id. Att. 12, 11, fin.: a s. offence, offensiuncula, id. Fam. 13, 1: a s. profit, aliquid lucelli, id. Verr. 3, 30, 72.)