adverb
paulō
paulō (not comparable)
Classical[ˈpau̯.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaːu̯.lo]
№ 872 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- not comparablea little
paulō maior
a little tallerpaulō ante
a little earlier - not comparablerare(without comparison) somewhat a little
paulō (paull-), abl., v. 1. paulus.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
paulō (not paull-), adv.
abl n. of paulus.— As abl. of difference in expressions of comparison, by a little, a little, somewhat : liberius paulo: civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.: paulo magis adfabre factus: paulo longius processerant, Cs.: quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus: post paulo, just after , S.: verba paulo nimium redundantia: paulo ultra eum locum, Cs.—In gen., a little, somewhat : paulo qui est homo tolerabilis, T.: paulo processerant, S.: consilia paulo salubriora.
Origins
Adverbial ablative from paulus.