LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

paulisper

paulisper (not comparable)
Classical[pau̯ˈliːs.pɛr]Ecclesiastical[pau̯ˈlis.per]
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Meaning

  1. not comparabletemporala bit, a little while, for a short time, (for only a brief period)
    Paulisper manē.Wait a little.c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo 1.695
    Hōc autem ūnō interfectō, intellegō hanc reī pūblicae pestem paulisper reprimī, nōn in perpetuum comprimī posse.However, by the death of this one [man], I know this plague upon the republic would be checked for a short time, [but] cannot be crushed forever.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.30

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Parumper · Paulisper

Parumper means in a short time; paulisper, during a short time. Hence acts of the mind are particularly in construction with parumper; acts of the body, with paulisper; for with the former is necessarily connected the glance at the future, which lies in parumper; in paulisper, duration of time only is considered; for example, we use the expression paulisper morari, but parumper dubitare. (i. 145.)

paulisper (paull-), adv. paulumper,
I. for a little while, for a short time (cf. parumper): quasi solstitialis herba, paulisper fui: Repente exortus sum, repentino occidi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36; id. Aul. 4, 10, 75: paulisper mane, id. As. 5, 2, 30; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 45: paulisper tace, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 41; id. Rud. 2, 7, 32; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 12: lectica paulisper deposita, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; id. Leg. 1, 13, 39: paulisper intermittere proelium, Caes. B. G. 3, 5.—
(b). With dum or donec, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65; id. Rud. 4, 3, 97: Milo paulisper, dum se uxor, ut fit, comparat, commoratus est, Cic. Mil. 10, 28: sedit tacitus paulisper, donec nuntiatum est, etc., Liv. 28, 26 fin.

Origins

Univerbation of paulīs (“a few, a little”, abl. pl.) + -per (“through”), originally a postpositional phrase.

Quick answers

What does paulisper mean in Latin?
paulisper, a adverb, means “a bit, a little while, for a short time, (for only a brief period)”.
How do you pronounce paulisper?
In classical Latin, [pau̯ˈliːs.pɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pau̯ˈlis.per].