noun · masculinesecond declension
perpaucī
perpaucī m pl (genitive perpaucōrum)
Meaning
- very few
[…]: ūnum per Sēquanōs, angustum et difficile inter mōntem Iūram et flūmen Rhodanum, vix quā singulī carrī dūcerentur; mōns autem altissimus impendēbat, ut facile perpaucī prohibēre possent; […].
[They had two possible routes]: one through the Sequani, a narrow and difficult [passage] between Mount Jura and the Rhone River, where single carts could scarcely be led; moreover, a very high mountain hung over it, so that a very few [men] could easily prevent passage; […] .c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.6
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
very few
perpaucī -ae -a — in De Bello Gallico II
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | perpaucī |
| genitive | — | perpaucōrum |
| dative | — | perpaucīs |
| accusative | — | perpaucōs |
| ablative | — | perpaucīs |
| vocative | — | perpaucī |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-paucī ōrum, adj.,
very few: homo Perpaucorum hominum, i. e. select in his associates, T.: patres, L.—In tmesi: per pol quam paucos reperias amatores, T.—As subst n.: perpauca dicam: perpauca loquens, H.