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paucī is a Latin Adjective that primarily means few.
Adjective
few, a few
English derivatives:
paucity
Adjective
(pl.) Amounting to only a small number, few. (b) (superl.) at the fewest, at the least. (c) few (in comparison with one's needs), too few. (f) (poet, sg.).
(in conjunction w. an adj. or pple.) Among a small number, i.e. unusually, uncommonly.
(sg.) Small in quantity, extent, etc., a little.
(pl.) A small number of, a few.
(masc. pl. as sb.) Only a small number of people, few. (b) a select few.
Paucī de perīculō cōgitant.Compare Few (men) are thinking about the danger.
Vīta paucīs virīs fāmam dat.Compare Life gives fame to few men.
Vērī amīcī sunt paucī.Compare True friends are few.
Paucī hominēs virtūtī cūram dant.Compare Few men give attention to excellence.
Paucī cīvitātī nostrae grātiās agēbant.Compare Few men were thanking our state.
Paucī amōre vēritātis amīcitiaeque tenēbuntur.Compare A few will be possessed by love of truth and friendship.
Sunt Caesarī paucī equitēs.Compare Caesar has few cavalry (literally, There are few cavalry to Caesar).
Paucae domus studiorum seriis cultibus antea celebratae, nunc ludibriis ignavae torpentis exundant.Compare The few houses that were formerly famed for devotion to serious pursuits now teem with the sports of sluggish indolence.
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Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "paucī (m), paucae (f) (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed September 8, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pauci-paucae.
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