perparvus
Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις ἐπ' ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἳ παραδόξως ἀλαζονεύονται, μηδὲ τὰ κοινὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπιτελεῖν δυνάμενοι → One would use this fable for those who give themselves unreasonable airs, but can't handle everyday life (Aesop 40)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
per-parvus: a, um, adj.,
I very little, very small: semina, Lucr. 3, 216; 5, 588: quae et cum assunt perparva sunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 52: culpa, id. Deiot. 3, 9: controversia, id. Leg. 1, 20, 54: perparva et tenuis civitas, id. Verr. 2, 3, 38, § 86; 2, 3, 57, § 150.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perparvus,¹³ a, um, très petit : Cic. Leg. 1, 52 ; Dej. 9 ; Leg. 1, 54.
Latin > German (Georges)
per-parvus, a, um, sehr klein, semina, Lucr.: perparva et tenuis civitas, Cic.: insula, Plin.: cubiculum, Suet.: manus (Mannschaft), Vulcat. Gallic.: controversia, culpa, Cic. – neutr. subst., perparvum (sehr wenig, ein sehr geringer Teil) ex illis magnis lucris ad se pervenire, Cic. Verr. 3, 130. – / Superl. perminimus s. bes.
