παῦρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον (not found in fem., cf. [[παυράς]]), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> mostly of Number, [[few]], 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> [[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. <b class="b3">παῦρα</b> 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>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[small]], [[little]], pl. [[few]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: f. <b class="b3">παυράς</b> (Nic.).<br />Derivatives: Adv. <b class="b3">παυράκις ὀλιγάκις</b> H.; besides <b class="b3">παυρακίς την πέμπτην Σαμοθρᾳ̃κες καλοῦσιν</b> H. Dimin. <b class="b3">παυρ-ίδιος</b> (Hes. Op. 133); s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 181 n. 1, Chantraine Form. 39.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [842] <b class="b2">*peh₂u-ro-</b>?<br />Etymology: With Lat. [[parvus]] [[small]] identical (cf. <b class="b3">νεῦρον</b> : [[nervus]]). Beside it with diff. suffixe Lat. [[pau-cus]] [[few]], <b class="b2">paul(l)us</b> [[small]], [[few]] (basis unclear). Without suffix Att. <b class="b3">παῦ-ς</b> = [[παῖς]] (s.v.).