parum
Latin
Etymology
Adverbialised neuter of parvus. Doublet of parvum.
Adverb
parum (comparative minus, superlative minimē)
- very little
- parum est ― It/that is not sufficient
- Seneca Iunior, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium :
- Nōn quī parum habet, sed quī plūs cupit, pauper est
- Not who has little, but who wants more, is poor
- Nōn quī parum habet, sed quī plūs cupit, pauper est
- insufficient, not enough, too little
- Antonym: satis
Derived terms
- parumper
References
- “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 (2003-2023) 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, 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)
- the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)