parum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Adverbial accusative of parvus. Doublet of parvum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

parum (comparative minus, superlative minimē)

  1. very little
    parum estIt/that is not sufficient
  2. insufficient, not enough, too little
    Antonym: satis

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • parum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • parum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • parum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • parum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
    • good Latin: sermo latinus (opp. sermo parum latinus) (cf. sect. VII. 2., note For the use of adverbs...)
    • to unable to find a suitable expression: verbo parum valere (Tusc. 3. 5. 11)