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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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      1. 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. 2. ălĭquot, indecl. (a few; i. e. several): a f. friends, al. amici, Ter. Phor. 2, 1, 82: Cic.: v. several.
      3. 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. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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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).