FromProto-Italic*paukos, fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂u-kos, from*peh₂w-(“few, small”) +*-kos (whence-cus). See alsoOld Saxonfā(“few”),Old High Germanfao, fō(“few, little”),Old Norsefár(“few”),Gothic𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃(faus,“few”) for the former element.^[1]

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯.kus/,[ˈpäu̯kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯.kus/,[ˈpäːu̯kus]

paucus (femininepauca,neuterpaucum,comparativepaucior,superlativepaucissimus);first/second-declension adjective

1. few,little

   Synonyms:modicus,parcus,perpaucus

   Antonym:nimius

• Usually plural; very rare in the singular. Mostly pertaining to quantity.

First/second-declension adjective.

• “paucus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paucus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paucus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page1,127/1.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to give some one a few days for reflection:paucorum dierum spatium ad deliberandum dare
    
  • the addition of a few years:accessio paucorum annorum
    
  • to choose one from a large number of instances:ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    
  • to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa:Africae situm paucis exponere
    
  • to explain a matter briefly, in a few words (notpaucis verbis):breviter, paucis explicare aliquid
    
  • to explain a matter briefly, in a few words (notpaucis verbis):rem paucis absolvere (Sall. Iug. 17. 2)
    
  • to say only a few words:pauca dicere (pauca verba dicere only of the orator)
    
  • to be satisfied with a little:paucis, parvo contentum esse
    
  • a word with you:paucis te volo
    
  • oligarchy:paucorum dominatio orpotentia
    
  • to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe:multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    
  • in short; to be brief:ut paucis (rem) absolvam
    
  • in short; to be brief:ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar
    
• “paucus” on page 1,312 of theOxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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