quantulus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quantŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [quantus],

how little , how small , how trifling (class.): nescio quantulum attulerit: verum haud permultum attulit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 86: corpora, Lucr. 3, 378: quantulum visum est, as much as seems good to him , Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57: quantulus (sol) nobis videtur! Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 26, 82: id autem quantulum est? how small? id. Leg. 2, 19, 47: quantula sint hominum corpuscula, Juv. 10, 172; Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12: quantulum est mihi memoriae, as much as I remember , i. e. as little as , Gell. 17, 10, 9; Hor. S. 2, 3, 124; Plin. Pan. 8, 4.—Quantulus quantulus, for quantuluscumque, how little , how small , how trifling soever : aderant tres illi fratres cladibus amici quantulumquantulum ferentes auxilii, Ap. Met. 9, 35, 21.— Neutr. adverb. : quantŭlum , how little : quantulum judicare possemus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3.

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