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parum adv. (for comp. and sup., see minus, minime)

SPAR-, too little, not enough, insufficiently : consulitis parum, T.: quaero ex te, quae parum accepi: sibi credi, Cs.: sunt ea quidem parum firma: parum multae necessitudines: tuta probitas, S.: parum claris lucem dare, H.: nemo parum diu vixit, qui, etc.: mature, L.: est dictum non parum saepe, often enough : non parum liberaliter homines invitare, N.—With est, it is too little, is not enough, does not suffice : parumne est, quod nobis succenset senex, Ni instigemus etiam? is it not enough? T.: parumne est, quod tantum homines fefellisti, are you not content? : parum est, si in partem eius venis, etc., L.: vobis Supplicium meruisse parum est, i. e. you are not satisfied , O.—With habere, to regard as too little, be dissatisfied, be not content : haec talia facinora impune suscepisse parum habuere, were not satisfied , S.: templum violare parum habuisse, nisi, etc., L.— Substantively, an insufficiency, too little, not enough : magis offendit nimium quam parum: in hac satis erat copiae, in illā leporis parum: satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum, S.: splendoris, H.

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