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
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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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quod non intellegatur? Easdemne res? inquit, an parum disserui non verbis Stoicos a Peripateticis, sed universa..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."
