I.scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.
I. Adj. (freq. and class.): “exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,” Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.: “me corporis exigui, etc.,” Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24; “and, mus,” Verg. G. 1, 181: “oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,” Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.: “quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,” id. ib. 1, 62, 264: “finis,” Hor. C. 1, 18, 10: “alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,” Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9: “litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,” id. Fam. 5, 7, 2; “exigua et infirma civitas,” Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.: “pars terrae,” Cic. Rep. 1, 17: “campi,” Hor. C. 2, 9, 24: “castra,” Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7: “aedificia,” Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1: “locus eloquentiae,” Quint. 2, 17, 28: “toga,” Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.: “torques,” id. C. 3, 6, 12: “elegi,” id. A. P. 77 et saep.: “numerus oratorum,” Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.: “copiae amicorum,” id. Quint. 1, 2: “malorum particula,” Juv. 13, 13: “copiae,” Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3: “fructus,” Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49: “cibus,” Juv. 14, 301: “animus,” id. 13, 190: “facultates,” Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2: “census,” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43: “pulvis,” id. C. 1, 28, 3: “tempus,” Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.: “pars unius anni,” id. Rep. 6, 23: “pars aestatis,” Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1: “laus,” Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5: “grandis aut exigua (vox),” Quint. 11, 3, 15; so, “vox,” Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.—Comp.: “aqua exiguior facta,” Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32: “cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,” Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.: “pars exiguissima,” Ov. H. 14, 115: “legata,” Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.
II. Subst.
A. exĭgŭum , i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.: “exiguum campi ante castra erat,” Liv. 27, 27, 13: “exiguum spatii,” id. 22, 24, 8: “aquae,” Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20: “mellis,” Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139: “temporis,” id. Ep. 7, 27, 13: “salutis,” Sil. 4, 248: “exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,” Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.: “perquam exiguum sapere,” Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.—Plur.: “res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,” Juv. 3, 23 sq.—
B. exĭgŭus , i, m., a poor man: “exiguo conceditur misericordia,” Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.
(α).
Form exĭgŭe (class. ): “hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,” too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58: “exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),” Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.: “ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,” hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4: “celeriter exigueque dicere,” slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.: “epistola exigue scripta,” id. Att. 11, 16, 1: “exigue atque frigide laudari,” Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—
(β).
Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.): “dormire,” Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209: “sapere,” Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1: “tument vela,” Luc. 5, 431.—*
