παῦρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον (not found in fem., cf. [[παυράς]]), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">little, small</b>, στήμων <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>538</span> ; π. ἔπος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.98</span> ; of Time, <b class="b2">short</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>326</span> ; ζωῆς μέρος <span class="bibl">Emp.2.3</span> ; π. ὕπνος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.25</span> (s.v.l.); <b class="b2">speedy</b>, τέλος βιότοιο <span class="bibl">Q.S.7.613</span> : neut. as Adv., <b class="b2">for a short time</b>, παῦρον ἀνθήσας Lyc. 1429. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> mostly of Number, <b class="b2">few</b>, poet. for <b class="b3">ὀλίγος</b> (q.v.) in this sense, Ep., Lyr., and Trag., π. ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Thgn.79</span> ; π. τινές <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).22</span> ; π. ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>832</span> : rare in Prose, as <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.7.4</span> ; <b class="b3">παῦρα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πολλά</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.333</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od. 2.241</span> : with a collect. Subst., <b class="b3">π. λαός</b> <b class="b2">small in number</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.675</span> : Comp. παυρότερος <span class="bibl">4.407</span>, <span class="bibl">8.56</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Thgn. 644</span> : neut. pl. <b class="b3">παῦρα</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">seldom</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>780</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 764</span>. (Cf. Lat. <b class="b2">paucus</b>, Goth. <b class="b2">fawai</b> 'few'.)</span>

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0537.png Seite 537]] <b class="b2">klein</b>, gering; παῦρος [[λαός]], eine kleine Schaar, Il. 2, 675; [[στήμων]], Hes. O. 536; [[γένος]], Eur. Med. 1087; von der Zeit, <b class="b2">kurz</b>, Hes. O. 328; – gew. im plur. und von der Anzahl, <b class="b2">wenige</b>, Ggstz [[πολύς]], Il. 9, 333 Od. 2, 241; Hes. O. 480; [[ἔπος]], [[ὕπνος]], Pind. Ol. 13, 94 P. 9, 25; παῦροί τινες, Ol. 11, 23; Tragg.; παῦρ' ἀνιάσας, πολλ' εὐφράνας, Ar. Pax 764; selten in Prosa, wie Theophr. – Compar. παυρότεροι, Il. 15, 407 u. sp. D., wie Ap. Rh. 1, 1111; – παῦρα ist adverbial gebraucht Hes. Th 780. – Das fem. παύρα scheint gar nicht vorzukommen.