parvolus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

parvolus or parvulus adj. dim.

parvus, very small, little, petty, slight : pueri: parvola magni formica laboris, H.: impulsio: res, H.: proelium, skirmish , Cs.—Of age, little, young : soror, T.: segmentatis dormisset parvula cunis, when a child , Iu.: mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem (ursi) excepti possunt, even when caught young , Cs.— As subst: a parvulo, from childhood , T.: ab parvulis, from their infancy , Cs.