adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
tantulus
tantulus (feminine tantula, neuter tantulum)
Classical[ˈtan.tʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtan.tu.lus]
Meaning
- adjectiveso small
- adjectiveso trifling
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
tam parvustantulus -a -um — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 15
tam parvus, minimustantulus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 13
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tantulus | tantula | tantulum |
| genitive | tantulī | tantulae | tantulī |
| dative | tantulō | tantulae | tantulō |
| accusative | tantulum | tantulam | tantulum |
| ablative | tantulō | tantulā | tantulō |
| vocative | tantule | tantula | tantulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tantulī | tantulae | tantula |
| genitive | tantulōrum | tantulārum | tantulōrum |
| dative | tantulīs | tantulīs | tantulīs |
| accusative | tantulōs | tantulās | tantula |
| ablative | tantulīs | tantulīs | tantulīs |
| vocative | tantulī | tantulae | tantula |
tantŭlus, a, um,
I. adj. dim. [tantus], so little, so small; in neutr. subst., so little, such a trifle, ever so little (class.;
a favorite word with Cic.): non tantulum Usquam intermittit tempus, quin eum nominet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 31: omitto vim, quae ex fici tantulo grano ... tantos truncos ramosque procreet, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: homines tantulae staturae, Caes. B. G. 2, 30 fin.: tantularum rerum occupationes, id. ib. 4, 22: tantulo spatio interjecto, id. ib. 7, 19: tantula causa, Cic. Att. 4, 8, b, 3: epistula, id. ib. 1, 14, 1: dolorem tantulum malum esse, ut, etc., id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66: dos, App. Mag. p. 332, 10: cibus, Cels. 2, 8.—Subst.: tantŭlum, i, n., so little, such a trifle: quod si interesse quippiam tantulum modo potuerit, amicitiae nomen occiderit, Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34; cf.: non modo tantum, sed ne tantulum quidem praeterieris, id. Att. 15, 27, 3: si ex eo negotio tantulum in rem suam convertisset, id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: tantulum de arte concedere, id. ib. 40. 118: quorum oratione iste ne tantulum quidem commotus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124: deinde, cur tantulo venierint, for such a trifle, id. Rosc. Am. 45, 130: qui tantuli eget, quantum est opus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 59.—With gen.: tantulum morae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tantulus adj. dim.
tantus, so little, so small : fici granum: tantularum rerum occupationes, Cs.: causa.—As subst n., so little, such a trifle : deinde, cur tantulo venierint, for such a trifle : qui tantuli eget, quantost opus, H.: tantulum morae.
Origins
Diminutive form of tantus.