paullisper
Dictionary entries
- Entry →paullisper:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
for (only) a short time/brief while;
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...CLIT. sine. SY. non sinam inquam. CLIT. quaeso paullisper. SY. veto. CLIT. saltem salutem . . SY. abeas si sapias..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...gerasque, postulamus,] ut futuros principes doceas inertiae renuntiare, paullisper delicias differre, paullisper et saltem ad brevissimum tempus..."