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paulusnormalized · paulus2 analyses · 2 lemmas
Lemma 1Pāulus
nounmasculine
Paul
Morphology1 analysis
nominative singularpaul + us · regular
Lewis & Short
paulus, a, um, [for paurulus; root; misellus for miserulus]
, little, small (anteclass. and ): Müll.: paula trua, Titin.
: pau-lum, i, , a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo; post paulum, infra.
Adverb. uses.
: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
With
with ante, post.
With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison.
Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat. — Hence.
: paulum, a little, somewhat: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch).
With of time or place; also: paulum praelabitur ante.
With
Paulus, i,
a Roman surname (not a praenomen; Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, 10) of the Æmilian family.
L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ.
The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus.
Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul.
Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian.
Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, passim.
Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus. — Hence.
Paulĭānus, a, um, , of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.
Paulī-nus (Paull-), a, um, , of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname. —
Paulīnus, i,
Paulīna, ae,
Lemma 2pāulus
adjective
little, small
Morphology1 analysis
masculine nominative singularpaul + us · regular
Lewis & Short
paulus, a, um, [for paurulus; root; misellus for miserulus]
, little, small (anteclass. and ): Müll.: paula trua, Titin.
: pau-lum, i, , a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo; post paulum, infra.
Adverb. uses.
: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.
With
with ante, post.
With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison.
Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat. — Hence.
: paulum, a little, somewhat: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch).
With of time or place; also: paulum praelabitur ante.
With
Paulus, i,
a Roman surname (not a praenomen; Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, 10) of the Æmilian family.
L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ.
The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus.
Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul.
Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian.
Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, passim.
Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus. — Hence.
Paulĭānus, a, um, , of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.
Paulī-nus (Paull-), a, um, , of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname. —
Paulīnus, i,
Paulīna, ae,
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