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parvŭlus or parvŏlus , a, um,
I.adj. dim. [parvus], very small, little, petty, slight, (class.): “ne dum parvulum hoc consequimur, illud amittamus, quod maximum est,Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10: “parvola magni formica laboris,Hor. S. 1, 1, 33: “parvula, pumilis,Lucr. 4, 1162: “impulsio,Cic. Inv. 2, 8, 25: “res,id. Quint. 16, 53: “pecunia,id. Rosc. Com. 8: “stridor,Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221: “res,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 29: “tuta et parvola laudo,id. ib. 15, 42: “proelium,a skirmish, Caes. B. G. 2, 30: “detrimentum,id. ib. 5, 50: “causa,Lucr. 4, 193.—
II. In partic.
A. Of age, little, young: a parvulo, from his childhood, = a puero, Ter. And. 1, 1, 8: “parvula (soror),id. Eun. 3, 3, 18: “segmentatis dormisset parvula cunis,when a child, Juv. 6, 89; cf.: ab parvulis, from their infancy or childhood, Caes. B. G. 6, 21; cf.: “a parvulā aetate,Just. 12, 4.—Esp. as subst.: parvŭlus , i, m., a child: “si quis mihi parvulus aulā luderet Aeneas,Verg. A. 4, 328; cf.: “rex Si vis tu fieri, nullus tibi parvolus aulā Luserit Aeneas,Juv. 5, 138: “parvulus enim natus est nobis,Vulg. Isa. 9, 6: “exceptis parvulis,id. Matt. 14, 24.—Of animals: “(ursi) parvuli excepti,Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4.—
B. Too little, i. e. not equal to, not sufficient for a thing: “quam illi rei ego etiam nunc sum parvolus!Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 17.—
C. Deficient in understanding, indiscreet, Arn. 1, 43.—Hence, adv.: parvŭlum , little, not much (not in Cic. or Cæs.): “aut nihil aut parvulum,Cels. 7, 18, 32: “parvulum referret, an, etc.,Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 14.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 6.21
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    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 8
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 3.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.328
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 9.6
    • New Testament, Matthew, 14.24
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.33
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    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 8.14.14
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.18
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