What is the Latin word for small?

The usual Latin words for “small” are parvus, exiguus, minuō; also parvulus, perexiguus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“small” in Latin

parvussmall; little; puny; cheap; petty; trifling; ignorable; unimportant exiguusstrict, exact; paltry, inadequate, small, scanty, slight, little minuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tear parvuluslittle; tiny; petty; small; slight; paltry; mean; unimportant; insignificant; young; tender of years perexiguusVery small

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

small

parvus: exiguus: minutus: Very small, parvulus: perexiguus [SYN. and PHR., in LITTLE]: a small letter (i. e., not a capital), littera minuta (Vid: Plaut., Bacch., 4, 9, 69; Cic., Verr., 4, 24, 74).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for small?: The usual Latin words for “small” are parvus, exiguus, minuō; also parvulus, perexiguus. 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.