Lemma 1pārvus

adjective

small, little, cheap; unimportant; (SUPER) smallest, least

Morphology1 analysis

masculine nominative singularparu + us · regular

Lewis & Short

key · paruusFull entry

parvus, a, um, adj.

I.comp. and sup.: mĭnor, mĭnĭmus. — Comp. — Sup.: rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap.: minerrimus pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Müll., n. 8 [kindr. with paucus and Gr.; cf., also, parum, parcus], little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable (cf.: exiguus, minutus, brevis; in class. prose parvus is not used, like brevis, of stature, v. ).

II.Posit. — Of time, little, short, brief — With ref. to value or consequence, little, small, low, mean, etc. — Hence, parvi facere, aestimare, ducere, pendere, etc., to esteem lightly, care little for: nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam. — So, in abl.; parvo, as an abl. of measure, with comp. rarely. — in designating time. — Of stature (late Lat. for brevis).

III.Comp.: mĭnor, us cf. Gr., less, lesser, smaller, inferior — Absol.: minor, inferior in rank; et sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, too trivial, = leviora. — With abl. of measure, §. — Of age. — With gen. — So, absol.: minor, a person under age (under five-and-twenty), a minor. — Poet., children. — Also, descendants, posterity, = posteri; omnia minoris aestimare, Sulp. ap.

(b).Poet., with acc. respect.

(g).Poet., with inf.

IV.Sup.: mĭnĭmus, a, um (whence a new sup.; cf., in the Gr., from ), very small, very little; least, smallest, etc. — Of age: minimus natu horum omnium, the youngest. — In specifications of value: Pe. Quanti emi potest minimo? Ep. Ad quadraginta fortasse eam posse emi minimo minis: Crispinus minimo me provocat, for a trifle (in a wager), (minimo provocare dicuntur hi qui in responsione plus ipsi promittunt quam exigunt ab adversario, Schol.). — Prov. — With gen. — As adv. absol. — Hence, adv.

A.Posit.: parvē, a little, slightly (very rare).

B.Comp.: mĭnus, less: (v. plus, under multus). — Rarely with comp.: Duker: quare milites Metelli sauciabantur multo minus, Quadrig. ap. — With quam. — With atque. — And elliptically, without a particle of comparison.

2.In partic.

a.Non (haud) minus quam (atque), not less than, no less than, quite as.

b.Non (neque) minus, equally, and as well, also: haec res non minus me male habet quam te: quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, Sulp. ap.

c.Nihil minus, in replies, as a strong negation, by no means: Py. At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa. Ch. Nihil minus; quid? a Tranione servo? Si. Multo id minus.

d.Minus minusque, minus et (ac) minus, less and less: mihi jam minus minusque obtemperat.

3.Transf., in a softened negation, not at all, by no means, not. — Esp.

b.Quo minus, also written as one word, quominus, that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, as impedio, recuso, deterreo, etc.

C.Sup., in two forms, parvissime (post-class.), and minime (class.), least, very little.

1.par-vissĭmē.

2.mĭnĭmē, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little. — Strengthened by quam; by omnium and gentium.

B.In partic.

a.For minimum, saltem, at least: Targ.

b.In replies, as an emphatic negative, by no means, not at all, not in the least: Ba. Sed cessas? Pa. Minime equidem: M. An tu haec non credis? A. Minime vero: num igitur peccamus? Minime vos quidem.; in discourse: minime multi (= quam paucissimi).: minume irasci decet. — Strengthened by gentium (cf.supra): Nau. Meriton' hoc meo videtur factum? De. Minime gentium.