παῦρος

English (LSJ)

ον (not found in fem., cf. παυράς),

   A little, small, στήμων Hes. Op.538 ; π. ἔπος Pi.O.13.98 ; of Time, short, Hes.Op.326 ; ζωῆς μέρος Emp.2.3 ; π. ὕπνος Pi.P.9.25 (s.v.l.); speedy, τέλος βιότοιο Q.S.7.613 : neut. as Adv., for a short time, παῦρον ἀνθήσας Lyc. 1429.    2 mostly of Number, few, poet. for ὀλίγος (q.v.) in this sense, Ep., Lyr., and Trag., π. ἄνδρες Thgn.79 ; π. τινές Pi.O.10(11).22 ; π. ἀνδρῶν A.Ag.832 : rare in Prose, as Thphr.HP8.7.4 ; παῦρα, opp. πολλά, Il.9.333, cf. Od. 2.241 : with a collect. Subst., π. λαός small in number, Il.2.675 : Comp. παυρότερος 4.407, 8.56, al., Thgn. 644 : neut. pl. παῦρα as Adv., seldom, Hes. Th.780, Ar.Pax 764. (Cf. Lat. paucus, Goth. fawai 'few'.)