exiguus
exiguus, exigua, exiguum
Adjective · 1st declension · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
small; meager; dreary; a little, a bit of; scanty, petty, short, poor;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | exiguus | exigui |
| Gen. | exigui | exiguorum |
| Dat. | exiguo | — |
| Acc. | exiguum | exiguos |
| Voc. | exigue | exigui |
| Abl. | exiguo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | exigua | exiguae |
| Gen. | exiguae | exiguarum |
| Dat. | exiguae | — |
| Acc. | exiguam | exiguas |
| Voc. | exigua | exiguae |
| Abl. | exigua | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | exiguum | exigua |
| Gen. | exigui | exiguorum |
| Dat. | exiguo | — |
| Acc. | exiguum | exigua |
| Voc. | exiguum | exigua |
| Abl. | exiguo | — |
Text excerpts
Matching passages for this spelling. Other inflected forms of the same lemma may appear elsewhere; excerpts are not translations.
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Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...omnes animas locus accipit ille nec ulli exiguus populo est turbamve accedere sentit. errant exsangues sine corpore..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...illic, officiant laetis ne frugibus herbae, hic, sterilem exiguus ne deserat umor harenam. Alternis idem tonsas cessare noualis..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...fuit — niveo lucet in ore rubor. pes erat exiguus — pedis est artissima forma. longa decensque fuit — longa decensque..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...rosere camilli". XX. At Vergili miramur illud "saepe exiguus mus"; nam epitheton "exiguus" aptum et proprium effecit..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Pharia manes iacuere fauilla nec cinis exiguus tantam conpescuit umbram; prosiluit busto semustaque membra relinquens degeneremque rogum sequitur..." 
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fiducia tantum Oenidae superare parem. quamquam ipse uideri exiguus, grauia ossa tamen nodisque lacerti difficiles. numquam hunc animum..."- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...diffusa semel tibi imaginem reddet. Nihil refert, quam exiguus sit umor aut lacus: si determinatus est, speculum..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...omnis in hac certam regio iacit arte salutem. Exiguus primum atque ipsos contractus in usus eligitur locus; hunc..."