(adjective) : paulus (paull-), a, um, for paurulus; Gr. root παῦρος; cf. misellus for miserulus.
* In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.): paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: paulo sumptu,id. Ad. 5, 4, 22: pauper a paulo lare,Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.
* Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31: quasi vero paulum intersiet,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18: an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?id. ib. 5, 2, 18; 5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,id. Ad. 5, 8, 26: supplicī,id. And. 5, 3, 32; so, negotī,id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92: lucri,id. ib. 4, 4, 25: paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,allotted a small part of his defence,Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229: nil Aut paulum abstulerat,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33: ubi paulum nescio quid superest,Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v.infra.
* Adverb. uses.
* Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
* With comp.: paulo prius,Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7: liberius paulo,Cic. Or. 24, 82: civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,id. Att. 2, 12, 3: paulo secus,id. de Or. 3, 30, 119: haud paulo plus,id. Fam. 7, 1, 3: paulo minus consideratus,id. Quint. 3, 11: paulo magis affabre factus,Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14: verbis paulo magis priscis uti,id. Brut. 21, 82: paulo longius processerant,Caes. B. G. 2, 20: maturius paulo,id. ib. 1, 54: paulo minus quatuordecim annos,a little under,Suet. Ner. 40: paulo minus, quam privatum egit,id. Tib. 26: paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1: paulo minus quinque millia,id. Pan. 28, 4.
* Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat: paulum supra eum locum,Caes. B. G. 6, 9: epistolae me paulum recreant,Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5: paulum differre,id. Agr. 2, 31, 85: requiescere,id. de Or. 1, 62, 265: commorari,id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch): paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,Verg. A. 3, 597.
* With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison: magnitudine paulo antecedunt,Caes. B. G. 6, 26: verba paulo nimium redundantia,Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,id. Par. 3, 2, 26: paulo ultra eum locum,Caes. B. C. 3, 66: paulo mox,Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.
* Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat: paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31: ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5: aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,Cat. 68, 131.—Hence
* With adv. of time or place: post paulum,a little later, after a short time,Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148: ultra paulum,id. 11, 3, 21; cf.: infra jugulum,Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.
* With comp.: haud paulum major,Sil. 15, 21: tardius,Stat. Th. 10, 938.

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