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|lshtext=<b>parvŭlus</b>: or parvŏlus, a, um,<br /><b>I</b> adj. [[dim]]. [[parvus]], [[very]] [[small]], [[little]], [[petty]], [[slight]], ([[class]].): ne dum [[parvulum]] hoc consequimur, illud amittamus, [[quod]] maximum est, Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10: parvola magni [[formica]] laboris, Hor. S. 1, 1, 33: parvula, pumilis, Lucr. 4, 1162: [[impulsio]], Cic. Inv. 2, 8, 25: res, id. Quint. 16, 53: [[pecunia]], id. Rosc. Com. 8: [[stridor]], Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221: res, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 29: tuta et parvola [[laudo]], id. ib. 15, 42: [[proelium]], a [[skirmish]], Caes. B. G. 2, 30: [[detrimentum]], id. ib. 5, 50: [[causa]], Lucr. 4, 193.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[age]], [[little]], [[young]]: a parvulo, from his [[childhood]], = a puero, Ter. And. 1, 1, 8: parvula ([[soror]]), id. Eun. 3, 3, 18: segmentatis dormisset parvula cunis, [[when]] a [[child]], Juv. 6, 89; cf.: ab parvulis, from [[their]] [[infancy]] or [[childhood]], Caes. B. G. 6, 21; cf.: a parvulā aetate, Just. 12, 4.—Esp. as subst.: parvŭlus, i, m., a [[child]]: si [[quis]] mihi [[parvulus]] aulā luderet [[Aeneas]], Verg. A. 4, 328; cf.: rex Si vis tu fieri, [[nullus]] [[tibi]] parvolus aulā Luserit [[Aeneas]], Juv. 5, 138: [[parvulus]] [[enim]] [[natus]] est nobis, Vulg. Isa. 9, 6: exceptis parvulis, id. Matt. 14, 24.—Of animals: (ursi) parvuli excepti, Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Too [[little]], i. e. not [[equal]] to, not [[sufficient]] for a [[thing]]: [[quam]] [[illi]] rei ego [[etiam]] [[nunc]] [[sum]] parvolus! Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Deficient in [[understanding]], [[indiscreet]], Arn. 1, 43.—Hence, adv.: parvŭlum, [[little]], not [[much]] (not in Cic. or Cæs.): aut [[nihil]] aut [[parvulum]], Cels. 7, 18, 32: [[parvulum]] referret, an, etc., Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 14.

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