parum

Latin

Etymology

See parvus.

Adverb

parum (comparative minus, superlative minime)

  1. 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.

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)
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