adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
quantulus
quantulus (feminine quantula, neuter quantulum)
Classical[ˈkʷan.tʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷan.tu.lus]
Meaning
- adjectivehow little, small or trifling
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantulus | quantula | quantulum |
| genitive | quantulī | quantulae | quantulī |
| dative | quantulō | quantulae | quantulō |
| accusative | quantulum | quantulam | quantulum |
| ablative | quantulō | quantulā | quantulō |
| vocative | quantule | quantula | quantulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quantulī | quantulae | quantula |
| genitive | quantulōrum | quantulārum | quantulōrum |
| dative | quantulīs | quantulīs | quantulīs |
| accusative | quantulōs | quantulās | quantula |
| ablative | quantulīs | quantulīs | quantulīs |
| vocative | quantulī | quantulae | quantula |
quantŭlus, a, um,
I. adj. dim. [quantus], how little, how small, how trifling (class.):
nescio quantulum attulerit: verum haud permultum attulit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 86: corpora, Lucr. 3, 378: quantulum visum est, as much as seems good to him, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57: quantulus (sol) nobis videtur! Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82: id autem quantulum est? how small? id. Leg. 2, 19, 47: quantula sint hominum corpuscula, Juv. 10, 172; Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12: quantulum est mihi memoriae, as much as I remember, i. e. as little as, Gell. 17, 10, 9; Hor. S. 2, 3, 124; Plin. Pan. 8, 4.—Quantulus quantulus, for quantuluscumque, how little, how small, how trifling soever: aderant tres illi fratres cladibus amici quantulumquantulum ferentes auxilii, App. M. 9, p. 233, 35.—Neutr. adverb.: quantŭlum, how little: quantulum judicare possemus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3.quantŭlus-lĭbet, lălĭbet, lumlĭbet, adj.,
I. how little soever (post-class.):
febricula, Dig. 21, 1, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quantulus adj. dim.
quantus, how little, how small, how trifling : quantulus (sol) nobis videtur!: quantula sint hominum corpuscula, Iu.—As subst n. : Quantulum enim summae curtabit quisque dierum, etc., how little , H.: reddidit quantulum visum est, as little as pleased him : quantulum militum, Ta.
Origins
Diminutive form of quantus.