“little” in Latin

parvus (not large or great; also, not grown up; figuratively, mean, trifling; opposed to magnus): less, minor; least, minimus (which must be used when the least of two or more is meant; e.g., Little Asia, Asia Minor): paullus, paullulus (in respect of space and time, and of number, value; opposed to magnus or multus; rarely said of little persons or animals, as Liv., 35, 11, 7, equi hominesque paulluli gracilesque: paullum and paullulum are more frequently used substantively with a genitive; e.g., paullum lucri; paullum operae; paullulum morae): pusillus (very little, diminutive, stunted in growth; figuratively, frivolous e.g., animus): minutus (scarcely of perceptible size; figuratively, frivolous; e.g., animus, interrogatiunculae): brevis (short, of small extent; of time and space; opposed to longus): exiguus (small, of number, quantity, and time): humilis (low of stature; of men, animals, and plants; also, figuratively, low, mean): humilis staturae, humili staturā (short of stature; of men and animals): angustus (narrow; opposed to latus; also, figuratively, narrow-minded): parvulus, infans (not grown up; Vid: YOUNG). The Latins frequently express the idea of littleness by a diminutive; e.g. littlemoney, nummuli: a little book or writing, libellus: a little present, munusculum: a little child, infantulus, etc. It may sometimes be rendered by circumlocution with aliquid and a genitive; e.g., a little pride, aliquid superbiae: the little finger, digitus minimus: too little, curtus (cut short): very little, perparvulus; valde pusillus; perpusillus; perexiguus: how little, quantus, quantillus (in nature; of size); quotus (in number): so little, tantus, tantillus: a little, paullo, paullulum: a little man, homo brevis staturā, homo brevi staturā (short of stature); homo corpore parvo, homo paullulus (small in body); homo staturā humili et corpore exiguo (of stature and size); homo pusillus (dwarfish, stunted.: ☞ not homo parvus): to be little (of stature), brevem habere staturam; brevi esse statura: a little boy, puer infans: the little Romulus, infans Romulus: tittle ones (children), parvi; liberi (in respect of the parents): the uri are somewhat iess than elephants, uri sunt magnitudine paullo infra elephantos: to cut into little bits, minute or minutim concidere: to break into little pieces, comminuere aliquid: a little time, tempus parvum, breve or exiguum: for a little time, parumper, paullisper: a little after, brevi, paullo post: a little number, parvus or exiguus numerus; of anything, alicujus rei: the little number (which one has with him, etc.), paucitas (e.g., militum): a little sum of money, parva pecunia; paullula pecunia (Plaut.); paullulum pecuniae: a little gain, parvum commodum; paullum lucri; lucellum: a little disagreement, parva dissensio: there is a little difference, parvulum differt: these things are little, haec parva sunt: from the least to the greatest, minima maxima: the greatest and the least (i. e., the highest and the lowest), summi et infimi: a little mind, animus parvus, pusillus, minutus, angustus, or (The words are found in this connection and order.) angustus et parvus [Vid: LITTLE-MINDED]: that betrays a little mind, illud pusilli animi est: nothing so much betrays a little mind, as, etc., nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam, etc.

non multum; nonnihil; aliquantulum a little money, aliquantulum nummorum: by little and little, sensim; sensim ac pedetentim, Vid: DEGREE.

paulum; paululum; nonnihil; aliquantulum.