small (adj.) Copy link Outline I. In ordinary senses1. parvus, mĭnor, mĭnĭmus2. pŭsillus (usu. in contemptuous sense3. exĭguus (very small, tiny)4. brĕvis, e (poet. and late = parvus, exiguus)5. mĭnūtusII. Of the mind, small, weakIII. Of small resourcesIV. Of the voice, subdued or faint1. parvus (subdued)2. exĭguus (opp. grandis)3. exīlis, e (opp. plenus), ib.4. pŭsillus (weak)5. languens (affectedly faint) • small (adj.): I. In ordinary senses: 1. parvus, mĭnor, mĭnĭmus: in most senses. (a.) of size: s. children, p. liberi, Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37: to see how s. the earth is, videre quam p. sit terra, id. ib. 1, 17, 26. (b.) of quantity: a s. portion, p. pars, Virg.: Cic.: a s. number of ships, p. numerus navium, Nep. Them. 5, extr: a s. sum of money, p. pecunia, Cic. (c.) of small importance: to compare s. things with great, parva componere magnis, Virg. G. 4, 176: to have s. faith in one, p. fidem habere alicui, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117 (v slight): a s. fault, p. vitium, Cic.: no s. favour, beneficium non p., id. Join: p. ac mediocris, p. et modicus, id.: v. unimportant, trifling: esp. in phr. parvi or parvo (at a s. price, of s. value): to value at a s. price, parvi, minimi facere, aestimare, Cic.: bought for how much? for a s. sum, quanti emptus? parvo, Hor. S. 2, 3, 156: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2: v. also cheap. (d.) not eminent, obscure: a man of s. talent, (homo) p. ingenio, Plin. Ep. 6, 29, ad med.: this work let us, whether s. or great, hasten on, hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28: v. mean, insignificant. Very s., parvulus (usu. fig.: esp. of age): a very s. engagement, loss, p. proelium, detrimentum, Caes.: also as subs.: from a very s. child, a parvulo, Ter.: Caes. Also perparvus: very s. seeds, p. semina, Lucr. 3, 217; cf. p. culpa, controversia, Cic. Also perparvulus (very rare): p. sigilla, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, 95. Also pauxillus, pauxillulus, Plaut. 2. pŭsillus (usu. in contemptuous sense: v. puny): a s. mouse, p. mus, Plaut.: an exceedingly s. villa, villula valde pusilla, Cic. Fig.: s. ability, p. ingenium, Mart. Join: it is a s. matter, hoc leve est et p., id. 4, 43, 9: cf. terra malos homines nunc educat atque pusillos, Juv. 15, 70. Very s., perpŭsillus: Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245. 3. exĭguus (very small, tiny): v. little (2). 4. brĕvis, e (poet. and late = parvus, exiguus): a very s. and insignificant fraction, exigua pars brevisque, Lucr. 5, 591 smaller leaves, breviora folia, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 26: b. ignis, tactus, strepitus, Ov.: v slight. 5. mĭnūtus: s. (opp. to capital) letters, literae m., Pl. Bacch. 4, 9, 68. II. Of the mind, small, weak: s. of mind, exiguus animi, Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 381. Join: tenuis atque infirmus animus, Caes. B. C. 1, 32, extr: of a s. mind, pusilli, parvi s. angusti animi (v narrow-minded). III. Of small resources: exĭguus, angustus, brĕvis, tĕnuis: v. fortune (III.), pinching, scanty, slender. IV. Of the voice, subdued or faint: 1. parvus (subdued): p. vox (opp. magna), Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216, where also contractus, attenuatus, are simly. used cf. summissus (v. low, IV., ii.). 2. exĭguus (opp. grandis): Quint. 11, 3, post init. 3. exīlis, e (opp. plenus), ib. 4. pŭsillus (weak): vox p., ib. v. weak. 5. languens (affectedly faint): Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133: see also mincing (adj.), mincingly. Phr. a s.er fire, contractior ignis, Lucr. 5, 569: the wild oxen are somewhat s.er than elephants, uri sunt magnitudine paulo infra elephantos, Caes. B. G. 6, 28: a s. painting, perh. minuta tabella s. pictura (v. miniature): to sell in s. quantities, divendere, Cic.: Tac.: distrahere, Suet.: v. to retail: of s. account, vilis, Cic.: to consider of s. account, levi momento aestimare, Caes.: vilipendere, Pl. Truc. 2, 6, 58: to have a s. (or poor) opinion of one, male existimare de aliquo, Cic.: I have a s. request to make, habeo paulum quod requiram (Georg.): to enquire into the s.est detail, minutatim interrogare, Cic. Acad. 2, 29, 92. (N.B.--Small is often denoted in Latin by a dimin. word: e. g. a s. book, libellus: a s. field, agellus: etc.)