paucus adj. with comp. and sup.
PAV-,
few, little
: in diebus paucis Chrysis moritur, T.:
his paucis diebus,
a few days ago
: causae: paucorum hominum (i. e. paucis hominibus
familiariter utens), H.: ne pauciores cum pluribus manum
consererent, S.: tibia simplex foramine
pauco, H.—Plur
m
. as subst,
few, a few
: ut poena ad paucos perveniret: calumnia paucorum,
S.—
The few, select few
: paucorum potentia, S.: paucorum iudicium. —Esp., in phrases with
in or inter,
especially, eminently, extraordinarily
: pugna inter paucas me morata, L.:
Hector, in paucis Alexandro carus, Cu.
—Plur
n
. as subst,
a few things, little, a few words
: pauca monere,
briefly
, S.: paucis te volo, T.:
pauca refert, V.: pauca
respondere, H.: cetera quam paucissimis
absolvam, S.
