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paulus (paull- ), a, um, adj. for paurulus; Gr. root παῦρος; cf. misellus for miserulus.
I. In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.): “paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: “paulo sumptu,id. Ad. 5, 4, 22: “pauper a paulo lare,Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—
(β). Subst.: pau-lum , i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31: “quasi vero paulum intersiet,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18: “an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?id. ib. 5, 2, 18; “5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,id. Ad. 5, 8, 26: “supplicī,id. And. 5, 3, 32; so, “negotī,id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92: “lucri,id. ib. 4, 4, 25: “paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229: “nil Aut paulum abstulerat,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33: “ubi paulum nescio quid superest,Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —
II. Adverb. uses.
A. Abl.: paulo , by a little, a little, somewhat.
2. Esp. with ante, post: “quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,Cic. Part. 39, 137: “paulo ante,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114: “post paulo,just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —
B. Acc.: paulum , a little, somewhat: “paulum supra eum locum,Caes. B. G. 6, 9: “epistolae me paulum recreant,Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5: “paulum differre,id. Agr. 2, 31, 85: “requiescere,id. de Or. 1, 62, 265: “commorari,id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch): “paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,Verg. A. 3, 597.—
(β). With adv. of time or place: “post paulum,a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148: “ultra paulum,id. 11, 3, 21; cf.: “infra jugulum,Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—
(γ). With comp.: “haud paulum major,Sil. 15, 21: “tardius,Stat. Th. 10, 938.
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