parum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →par, paris:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mate, spouse, partner; match, peer; person of same kind/rank/station/prestige;; equal, counterpart; companion/partner at dinner; adversary, opponent;
gen. pl. - Entry →par, paris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pair, set of two; conjugal pair; pair of associates/adversaries/contestants;
gen. pl. - Entry →par, (gen.), paris:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
equal (to); a match for; of equal size/rank/age; fit/suitable/right/proper;; equal in power/prestige/importance/rank/status/office/authority; comparable;; corresponding in degree, proportionate, commensurate (unlike qualities);; measuring up, adequate, matching; well-matched; fair, equitable, reasonable;; balanced/level; S:even, divisible by two; [~ facere => settle accounts];
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →parum, minus, minime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
too/very little, not enough/so good, insufficient; less; (SUPER) not at all;
Examples
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...versiculis meis putastis, quod sunt molliculi, parum pudicum. nam castum esse decet pium poetam ipsum, versiculos nihil necesse..."In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...quod etiam illud moleste fero, quod ex urbe parum comitatus exierit. Utinam ille omnis secum suas copias eduxisset..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...summum bonum diceret, primum in eo ipso parum vidit, deinde hoc quoque alienum; nam ante Aristippus, et ille..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...vero, inquam; sed tu istuc dixti bene Latine, parum plane. varietas enim Latinum verbum est, idque proprie quidem..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quod non intellegatur? Easdemne res? inquit, an parum disserui non verbis Stoicos a Peripateticis, sed universa..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...potissimum loquar, est id extrinsecus; in ipsa enim parum magna vis inest, ut quam optime se habere possit..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...biformis.' talia dicenti pars est extrema querellae intellecta parum confusaque verba fuerunt; mox nec verba quidem nec equae..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...forma iuvenem et fulgentibus armis, sed frons laeta parum et deiecto lumina vultu) 'quis, pater, ille, virum..."
