slight (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Light and spare in structureII. Of small account1. lĕvis. a s. engagement, l. proelium, Caes. B. G. 7, 362. parvus, exĭguus, mĭnūtus • slight (adj.): I. Light and spare in structure: lĕvis, lĕvĭdensis (cf. Isid. Or. 19, 22, 19, levidensis dicta [vestis], quod raro filo sit leviterque densata, of slight, flimsy texture): v. light. See also, thin, slender. II. Of small account: 1. lĕvis. a s. engagement, l. proelium, Caes. B. G. 7, 36: on a s.er ground, leviore de causa, ib. c. 4, fin.: a s. wound, l. vulnus, Ains. (cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154, leviter saucius, having received a s. wound). 2. parvus, exĭguus, mĭnūtus: v. insignificant. Phr.: is it a s. matter that ...? parumne est, quod ...? Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 13: there is not the s.est difference between them, ne minimum quidem interest inter eos, Cic. Ac. 2, 17: nil omnino interest, ib. c. 15: to consider of s. importance, levi [parvo] momento aestimare, Caes. B. G. 7, 39: 'tis not of the s.est use, nil (nihil) est! Hor. S. 2, 3, 6: there is not the s.est need, nihil opus est, Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 14. (N.B.--Sometimes a dimin. subs. may expr. the sense, without adj.: e. g. some s. hope, aliquid spēculae, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: a s. indisposition, commotiuncula, id. Att. 12, 11, fin.: a s. offence, offensiuncula, id. Fam. 13, 1: a s. profit, aliquid lucelli, id. Verr. 3, 30, 72.)
slight (subs.) Copy link • slight (subs.): perh. neglĭgentia v. disregard, neglect. Or expr. by verb: thinking that a s. had been put upon him, *neglectum [parum honorifice tractatum] se putans; aegre ferens alium sibi praeferri, etc. v. to disregard, slight.
slight (v.) Copy link Outline 1. neglĭgo, lexi, ctum, 3 (not to heed)2. despĭcio, 33. contemno, psi, ptum, 3 (stronger than Eng.)4. praetĕreo, 4, irr. (to pass over and take no notice of)5. expr. by circuml., nullo (levi) momento aestimare; parvi facere; nullius momenti habere • slight (v.): 1. neglĭgo, lexi, ctum, 3 (not to heed): to s. any one's orders, imperium alicujus n., Caes. B. G. 5, 7: v. to neglect, disregard. 2. despĭcio, 3: v. to despise. 3. contemno, psi, ptum, 3 (stronger than Eng.): to think oneself s.'d, looked down upon ..., contemni, despici se putare, Cic. Sen. 18, 65: not to be s.'d as a speaker, non contemnendus in dicendo, id. Br. 77, fin. 4. praetĕreo, 4, irr. (to pass over and take no notice of): cf. Cic. Pl. 3, 8, (populus) solet nonnunquam dignos praeterire (i. e. suffragiis, not to elect them): Ov. 5. expr. by circuml., nullo (levi) momento aestimare; parvi facere; nullius momenti habere: v. to value.
SLIGHT Copy link • SLIGHT 1. adj., tenuis (PROP., thin; opposed to crassus; then IMPROP., small, inconsiderable, etc.; e.g., spes, hope; suspicio, suspicion): exilis (not strong, weak; opposed to plenus; e.g., voice, vox): parvus, non magnus (small, not great; e.g., non magna signa alicujus rei, a slight proof only of anything; hope, spes; faith, fides): exiguus (small, trifling, of no note; e.g., force, manus; hope, spes; credibility, fides): levis (light, without intrinsic value, opposed to gravis; e.g., munus leve; suspicion, suspicio; proof or argument, argumentum): infirmus (not firm, weak, not able to undergo or bear anything, of persons and things; glimmer, lumen; taste, sapor; proof, argumentum): invalidus (not powerful, inefficient; e.g., poison, venenum; medicament, medicamentum): iners (without life, dull; e.g., color): imbecillus (imbecillis late; opposed to fortis; e.g., pulse, imbecilli venarum pulsus): levidensis (PROP., lightly wrought, of a light texture, Isidorus, Origg., 19, 22, § 19; hence metonymy = without value; e.g., munusculum, Cic., Fam., 9, 12, 2; Orelli, N. Cr.): nullus (οὐδείς, next to none; Vid: Cic., Fam. 7, 3, 2; Nep., Phoc., 1, 1): vilis (without worth, according to quality, mostly as term of contempt): dictu parvus (hardly worth mentioning; e.g., accident, res): tener: mollis (tender, delicate): gracilis (slim, thin; of shape; delicate; e.g., legs, crura). Negligent, neglectus (not taken care of): parum accuratus (on which no pains have been bestowed): negligens: dissolutus (of the person). Small (of number), numerus exiguus, parvus, pauci (a few): paucitas (fewness). With slight trouble, sine negotio; nullo negotio: not the slightest doubt, ne minima quidem dubitatio: not in the slightest degree, nihil (in no respect); ne minima quidem re (not by the least thing; e.g., to offend anybody, offendere aliquem); minime (in the least; e.g., quod minime putabat): to consider as very slight, parvum, parvi, etc., ducere; parvi aestimare; contemnere; despicere (to look on with contempt). (The words are found in this connection and order.) contemnere et pro nihilo ducere; vile habere; leve habere or in levi habere (the latter, Tac., Ann., 3, 54, 4, and Hist., 2, 21, 2): not to have the slightest knowledge, omnium rerum rudem esse: to hare not the slightest idea of anything, or to be able to form, etc., notionem alicujus rei non habere; fugit aliquid intelligentiae nostrae vim et notionem: slight causes, parvulae causae: a slight attack of an illness, commotiuncula; levis motiuncula (Suet., Vesp., 24). 2. s. Vid: CONTEMPT. 3. v. To pass over unnoticed, to disregard, praeterire silentio or tacitum; or, from the context, praeterire simply: repulsam dare alicui (not giving anybody a place or post applied for): parvum or parvi ducere; parvi aestimare; pro nihilo ducere; vile habere; leve habere or in levi habere (the latter, Tac., Ann. 3, 54, 4, and Hist., 2, 21, 2: all = not to make much of, to disregard, pass over); elevare (to deprive of credit, respect, etc.; aliquem or aliquid, to contemn with words). To be slighted, praeteriri (general term); repulsam ferre or accipere (to be refused a post or office). For stronger terms, Vid: “To treat with CONTEMPT. “