I.adj. dim. [id.], very few, very little (mostly ante- and postclass., and commonly in plur.): inter pauculos amicos, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2: “mane, paucula etiam sciscitare prius volo,” Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 52: “volo te verbis pauculis,” id. Ep. 3, 4, 28: “loquitor paucula,” Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 24: “in diebus pauculis,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 13: “ut ibi pauculos dies esset,” Cic. Att. 5, 21, 6: “quare dereliquisti pauculas oves istas?” Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 28.— In sing.: “post pauculum tempus,” App. M. 11, p. 272, 3.
paucŭlus , a, um,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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