parum
Latin
Etymology
See parvus.
Adverb
parum (comparative minus, superlative minime)
- very little, insufficient
- Seneca Iunior, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
- Nōn quī parum habet, sed quī plūs cupit, pauper est.
- Not who has little, but who wants more, is poor.
- Nōn quī parum habet, sed quī plūs cupit, pauper est.
- Seneca Iunior, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
Derived terms
References
- parum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- parum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- parum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
- good Latin: sermo latinus (opp. sermo parum latinus) (cf. sect. VII. 2., note For the use of adverbs...)
- to unable to find a suitable expression: verbo parum valere (Tusc. 3. 5. 11)
- the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
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