scant Copy link Outline 1. exĭguus2. angustus (narrow, confined), s. means at home, res a. domi, Juv. 3, 165. Join3. tĕnuis (slight, trifling)4. curtus (mutilated, defective5. mălignus (stingy, stinted)6. rārus (few and far between)7. parcus • scant, scanty: 1. exĭguus: a s. gown, e. toga, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13: a s. number, e. numerus, Caes. B. C. 2, 39: a moderate or rather a s. structure, opus modicum ac potius e., Plin. Ep. 6, 10: s. praise, e. laus, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5. 2. angustus (narrow, confined), s. means at home, res a. domi, Juv. 3, 165. Join: exiguus atque a., Cic. Rab. perd. 3, 9. 3. tĕnuis (slight, trifling): a wretchedly s. spoil, misera ac t. praeda, Caes. B. G. 6, 35: a s. stream, t. rivulus, Cic. Rep. 2, 19. 4. curtus (mutilated, defective: only fig.): a s. stock, c. supellex, Pers. 4, 52: s. faith, c. fides, Juv. 14, 166: Hor. 5. mălignus (stingy, stinted): a s. fire, m. ignis, Mart. 10, 96, 7: Virg. 6. rārus (few and far between): s. bunches, r. racemi, Virg. E. 5, 7. 7. parcus: v. sparing.
SCANT, SCANTY Copy link • SCANT, SCANTYexiguus: tenuis: angustus (narrow; hence insufficient; e.g., res frumentaria). (The words are found in this connection and order.) tenuis et angustus: angustus: contractus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) angustus et contractus.