paulisper
Ῥοπή ‘στιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος, ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός → Paulo momento, ut trutina, vita impellitur → Wie eine Waage hält das Leben Gleichgewicht
Latin > English
paulisper ADV :: for (only) a short time/brief while
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
paulisper: (paull-), adv. paulumper,
I for a little while, for a short time (cf. parumper): quasi solstitialis herba, paulisper fui: Repente exortus sum, repentino occidi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36; id. Aul. 4, 10, 75: paulisper mane, id. As. 5, 2, 30; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 45: paulisper tace, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 41; id. Rud. 2, 7, 32; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 12: lectica paulisper deposita, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; id. Leg. 1, 13, 39: paulisper intermittere proelium, Caes. B. G. 3, 5.—
(b) With dum or donec, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65; id. Rud. 4, 3, 97: Milo paulisper, dum se uxor, ut fit, comparat, commoratus est, Cic. Mil. 10, 28: sedit tacitus paulisper, donec nuntiatum est, etc., Liv. 28, 26 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
paŭlīspĕr¹⁰ (paull-), un peu de temps, un petit moment, qq. temps : Pl. Ps. 38 ; Rud. 590 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53 ; Cæs. G. 3, 5, 3 || paulisper dum Cic. Mil. 28, un petit moment pendant que... ; paulisper donec Liv. 28, 26.
Latin > German (Georges)
paulisper (paullisper), Adv. ein Weilchen, ein wenig = kurze Zeit, paul. manere (warten), hic (hier) opperiri, Plaut.: tacere, Plaut.: proelium intermittere, Caes.: lecticam deponere, Cic.: partes alcis suscipere, Cic. Vgl. parumper. – m. folg. dum od. donec, zB. paul. mane, dum edormiscat, Plaut.: paul., dum se uxor comparat, commoratus est, Cic.: sedit tacitus paul., donec nuntiatum parata omnia esse, Liv.
