παῦρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον (not found in fem., cf. [[παυράς]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[little]], [[small]], 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, [[short]], <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.); [[speedy]], τέλος βιότοιο <span class="bibl">Q.S.7.613</span> : neut. as Adv., [[for a short time]], παῦρον ἀνθήσας Lyc. 1429. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> mostly of Number, [[few]], poet. for [[ὀλίγος]] (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> ; [[παῦρα]], opp. [[πολλά]], <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> [[small in number]], <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. [[παῦρα]] as Adv., [[seldom]], <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>780</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 764</span>. (Cf. Lat. [[paucus]], Goth. [[fawai]] 'few'.)</span>