I.adj. dim. [quantus], how little, how small, how trifling (class.): “nescio quantulum attulerit: verum haud permultum attulit,” Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 86: “corpora,” Lucr. 3, 378: “quantulum visum est,” as much as seems good to him, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57: “quantulus (sol) nobis videtur!” Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82: “id autem quantulum est?” how small? id. Leg. 2, 19, 47: “quantula sint hominum corpuscula,” Juv. 10, 172; Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12: quantulum est mihi memoriae, as much as I remember, i. e. as little as, Gell. 17, 10, 9; Hor. S. 2, 3, 124; Plin. Pan. 8, 4.—Quantulus quantulus, for quantuluscumque, how little, how small, how trifling soever: “aderant tres illi fratres cladibus amici quantulumquantulum ferentes auxilii,” App. M. 9, p. 233, 35.—Neutr. adverb.: quantŭlum , how little: “quantulum judicare possemus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3.
quantŭlus , 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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