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παῦρος

παῦρος, little, small

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παυροτέρας feminine accusative plural comparative, feminine genitive singular comparative of παῦρος

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παῦρος, ον (not found in fem., cf. παυράς),
  • little, small, στήμων Hes. Op. 538; π. ἔπος Pi. O. 13.98; of Time, short, Hes. Op. 326; ζωῆς μέρος Emp. 2.3; π. ὕπνος Pi. P. 9.25 (s.v.l.); speedy, τέλος βιότοιο Q.S. 7.613: neut. as Adv., for a short time, παῦρον ἀνθήσας Lyc. 1429.
      • 2 mostly of Number, few, poet. for ὀλίγος (q.v.) in this sense, Ep., Lyr., and Trag., π. ἄνδρες Thgn. 79; π. τινές Pi. O. 10(11).22; π. ἀνδρῶν A. Ag. 832: rare in Prose, as Thphr. HP 8.7.4; παῦρα, opp. πολλά, Il. 9.333, cf. Od. 2.241: with a collect. Subst., π. λαός small in number, Il. 2.675: Comp. παυρότερος 4.407, 8.56, al., Thgn. 644: neut. pl. παῦρα as Adv., seldom, Hes. Th. 780, Ar. Pax 764. (Cf. Lat. paucus, Goth. fawai ‘few’.)

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