paltry Copy link Outline 1. vīlis, e2. mĭnūtus (insignificant) • paltry: 1. vīlis, e: nothing so p. or common, nihil tam v. neque tam vulgare, Cic. R. Am. 26, 71: a p. as, vile as, Hor. S. 1, 1, 43. 2. mĭnūtus (insignificant): v. petty, trifling. Phr.: a p. fellow, homo minimi pretii, homo nihili: cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4: Pl. See also good-for-nothing.