paucus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *paukos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-kos, from *peh₂w- (“few, small”) + *-kos (whence -cus). See also Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”) for the former element. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpau̯.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpaːu̯.kus] === Adjective === paucus (feminine pauca, neuter paucum, comparative paucior, superlative paucissimus); first/second-declension adjective few, little Synonyms: modicus, parcus, perpaucus Antonym: nimius ==== Usage notes ==== Usually plural; very rare in the singular. Mostly pertaining to quantity. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “paucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “paucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “paucus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,127/1. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “paucus” on page 1,312 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)