A.little, small, “στήμων” Hes. Op.538 ; “π. ἔπος” Pi.O.13.98 ; of Time, short, Hes.Op.326 ; “ζωῆς μέρος” Emp.2.3 ; “π. ὕπνος” Pi.P.9.25 (s.v.l.); speedy, “τέλος βιότοιο” Q.S.7.613 : neut. as Adv., for a short time, “παῦρον ἀνθήσας” Lyc. 1429.
2. mostly of Number, few, poet. for ὀλίγος (q.v.) in this sense, Ep., Lyr., and Trag., “π. ἄνδρες” Thgn.79 ; “π. τινές” Pi.O.10(11).22 ; “π. ἀνδρῶν” A.Ag.832 : rare in Prose, as Thphr.HP8.7.4 ; παῦρα, opp. πολλά, Il.9.333, cf. Od. 2.241 : with a collect. Subst., π. λαός small in number, Il.2.675 : Comp. “παυρότερος” 4.407, 8.56, al., Thgn. 644 : neut. pl. παῦρα as Adv., seldom, Hes. Th.780, Ar.Pax 764. (Cf. Lat. paucus, Goth. fawai 'few'.)
