(adverb) : paulŭlus (paull-), a, um
* Adj. dim. [1. paulus], very little, very small (most freq. in neutr. and adverb.): pila,Cato, R. R. 14, 2: pecunia,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24: de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo,id. Curc. 1, 2, 31: da mihi paululum bibere,Vulg. Gen. 24, 45; id. Judic. 4, 19: spatium,Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21: via,Liv. 8, 11: equi hominesque paululi et graciles,id. 35, 11: admixto paululo sale,Pall. 12, 22.
* Subst.: paulŭ-lum, i, n., a little bit, a trifle.—With gen.: paululum praedae feci,Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 7: paululum pecuniae,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56: obsoni,id. And. 2, 2, 23: operae,id. Eun. 2, 2, 50: morae,Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9.—Absol.: nihil aut admodum paululum,Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: paululum ad beatam vitam deesse,id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—Hence, in abl.: paululo, a little, somewhat: si nequeas paululo, at quanti queas,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 30: valeo, sicut soleo: paululo tamen etiam deterius quam soleo, Lucc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.— Hence, : paulŭlum, a little, a very little, somewhat: abscede paululum istuc,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 75: concede istuc paululum; audin'?Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 38: paululum opperirier si vis,id. ib. 5, 2, 51: paululum respirare,Cic. Quint. 16, 53: mente paululum inminutā,Sall. J. 65, 1: spirans,id. C. 61, 4: si paululum intermissa fuerit,Quint. 1, 6, 8: paululum tempore nostro superiores,id. 8, 3, 25.

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