English → Latin
“scant, scanty” in Latin
exiguusstrict, exact; paltry, inadequate, small, scanty, slight, littletenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuousangustusnarrow, close, contracted, constricted, confined, small, not spacious; narrow, strait; short, briefcontrahōto draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass; to bring about, accomplish, execut
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
scant, scanty
exiguus: tenuis: angustus (narrow; hence insufficient; e.g., res frumentaria). (The words are found in this connection and order.) tenuis et angustus: angustus: contractus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) angustus et contractus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for scant, scanty?
- The usual Latin words for “scant, scanty” are exiguus, tenuis, angustus; also contrahō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.