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

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Contents (4 entries · 14 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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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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• little (adj.):
      1. 1. parvus, mĭnor, mĭnĭmus: passim. Dimin. parvulus, very little (esp. with ref. to age): Ter.: Cic.
      2. 2. exĭguus (very small, tiny): the l. mouse, ex. mus, Virg. G. 1, 181 Cic. Very l., perexiguus: very l. corn p. frumentum, Caes. B. C. 3, 42.
      3. 3. pŭsillus (diminutive): a kind of l. Rome, quasi p. Roma, Cic. Att. 5. 2: Juv.: v. small.
      4. 4. paulus, very rare as adj.: more freq. in dimin. form: paululus: both horses and men l. and slender, equi hominesque paululi et graciles, Liv. 35, 11, med. (Cic. would have preferred pusillus v. supr.).
      5. 5. mĭnūtus: v. small. Phr.: for a l. while, (in) breve (not parvum) tempus; more freq. and idiomatic, parumper (for a few moments), Cic. Att. 9, 4, fin.: Ter.: or, paulisper, Caes. B. G. 3, 5 (paulisper intermittere proelium, where parumper would be less proper: paulisper is positive in meaning; parumper, negative = not more than a moment or two): little people (in stature), homines statura breves, Quint. 2, 3, 8. See also little (subs.). (N.B.--Little is often denoted in Lat. by a dimin. word: e. g. a l. child, parvulus; a little man, a mannikin, homuncio, homullus; a l. estate, praediolum; l. savings, vindemiolae, etc.: where see the several subss.)
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• little, a little (adv.):
      1. 1. paulum (a little: a positive word; whereas parum is negative, only a little, less than should be): Cic. Dimin. paululum, just a l., Cic.: Quint.
      2. 2. părum (v. supr.): to trust l. (not to trust), p. credere, Caes. B. C. 2, 32: v. not.
      3. 3. nonnĭhil (somewhat): Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 1.
      4. 4. ălĭquantŭlum: just a l. sad, a. subtristis, Ter. Andr. 2, 6, 16. Phr.: to value l., parvi facere: v. lightly. See also somewhat.
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• little (subs.):
      1. 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. 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. 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. 4. nonnĭhil: v. somewhat.
      5. 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.)
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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• LITTLE
1. adj., parvus (not large or great; also, not grown up; figuratively, mean, trifling; opposed to magnus): less, minor; least, minimus (which must be used when the least of two or more is meant; e.g., Little Asia, Asia Minor): paullus, paullulus (in respect of space and time, and of number, value; opposed to magnus or multus; rarely said of little persons or animals, as Liv., 35, 11, 7, equi hominesque paulluli gracilesque: paullum and paullulum are more frequently used substantively with a genitive; e.g., paullum lucri; paullum operae; paullulum morae): pusillus (very little, diminutive, stunted in growth; figuratively, frivolous e.g., animus): minutus (scarcely of perceptible size; figuratively, frivolous; e.g., animus, interrogatiunculae): brevis (short, of small extent; of time and space; opposed to longus): exiguus (small, of number, quantity, and time): humilis (low of stature; of men, animals, and plants; also, figuratively, low, mean): humilis staturae, humili staturā (short of stature; of men and animals): angustus (narrow; opposed to latus; also, figuratively, narrow-minded): parvulus, infans (not grown up; Vid: YOUNG). The Latins frequently express the idea of littleness by a diminutive; e.g. littlemoney, nummuli: a little book or writing, libellus: a little present, munusculum: a little child, infantulus, etc. It may sometimes be rendered by circumlocution with aliquid and a genitive; e.g., a little pride, aliquid superbiae: the little finger, digitus minimus: too little, curtus (cut short): very little, perparvulus; valde pusillus; perpusillus; perexiguus: how little, quantus, quantillus (in nature; of size); quotus (in number): so little, tantus, tantillus: a little, paullo, paullulum: a little man, homo brevis staturā, homo brevi staturā (short of stature); homo corpore parvo, homo paullulus (small in body); homo staturā humili et corpore exiguo (of stature and size); homo pusillus (dwarfish, stunted.: ☞ not homo parvus): to be little (of stature), brevem habere staturam; brevi esse statura: a little boy, puer infans: the little Romulus, infans Romulus: tittle ones (children), parvi; liberi (in respect of the parents): the uri are somewhat iess than elephants, uri sunt magnitudine paullo infra elephantos: to cut into little bits, minute or minutim concidere: to break into little pieces, comminuere aliquid: a little time, tempus parvum, breve or exiguum: for a little time, parumper, paullisper: a little after, brevi, paullo post: a little number, parvus or exiguus numerus; of anything, alicujus rei: the little number (which one has with him, etc.), paucitas (e.g., militum): a little sum of money, parva pecunia; paullula pecunia (Plaut.); paullulum pecuniae: a little gain, parvum commodum; paullum lucri; lucellum: a little disagreement, parva dissensio: there is a little difference, parvulum differt: these things are little, haec parva sunt: from the least to the greatest, minima maxima: the greatest and the least (i. e., the highest and the lowest), summi et infimi: a little mind, animus parvus, pusillus, minutus, angustus, or (The words are found in this connection and order.) angustus et parvus [Vid: LITTLE-MINDED]: that betrays a little mind, illud pusilli animi est: nothing so much betrays a little mind, as, etc., nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam, etc.
2. s. non multum; nonnihil; aliquantulum a little money, aliquantulum nummorum: by little and little, sensim; sensim ac pedetentim, Vid: DEGREE.
3. adverb, paulum; paululum; nonnihil; aliquantulum.