few Copy link Outline 1. pauci, ae, a2. ălĭquot, indecl. (a few; i. e. several)3. rārus (thinly scattered)4. părum multi (not many enough) • few: 1. pauci, ae, a: a f. days after the death of Africanus, p. diebus post mortem Africani, Cic.: very f. friends, p. admodum familiares, Cic.: the power of a f. (oligarchy), paucorum potentia, Sall.: fewer ships, pauciora navigia, Auct. Bell. Afr.: the rest I will dismiss in the fewest possible words, cetera quam paucissimis absolvam, Sall. Jug. 17, init.: to make answer in f. words, pauca respondere, Hor. S. 1, 6, 61; also in abl.: I want just a f. words with you, paucis te volo, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 2. Dimin. paucŭli, quite a f., just a f.: just a f. days, pauculos dies, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 5: I want a very f. words with you, pauculis te volo, Pl. As intens. form, also perpauci, ae, a, in all the above constructions, Cic.: Hor. Dimin. perpauculi, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 54. 2. ălĭquot, indecl. (a few; i. e. several): a f. friends, al. amici, Ter. Phor. 2, 1, 82: Cic.: v. several. 3. rārus (thinly scattered): the harbours being f., indeed scarce any, raris ac prope nullis portibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, extr.: Cic.: Liv. 4. părum multi (not many enough): too f. or too inadequate claims, parum m., parum justae necessitudines, Cic. Pl. 30, 72: Quint. Phr.: as f. as possible, quam minime multi, Nep.