1. exĭgŭus — Lewis & Short
exĭgŭus, a, um, adj.exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus,
I scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.
I Adj. (freq. and class.):
exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:
me corporis exigui, etc.,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;
and, mus,Verg. G. 1, 181:
oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:
quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,id. ib. 1, 62, 264:
finis,Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:
alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:
litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;
exigua et infirma civitas,Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:
pars terrae,Cic. Rep. 1, 17:
campi,Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:
castra,Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:
aedificia,Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:
locus eloquentiae,Quint. 2, 17, 28:
toga,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:
torques,id. C. 3, 6, 12:
elegi,id. A. P. 77 et saep.:
numerus oratorum,Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:
copiae amicorum,id. Quint. 1, 2:
malorum particula,Juv. 13, 13:
copiae,Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:
fructus,Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
cibus,Juv. 14, 301:
animus,id. 13, 190:
facultates,Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:
census,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:
pulvis,id. C. 1, 28, 3:
tempus,Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:
pars unius anni,id. Rep. 6, 23:
pars aestatis,Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:
laus,Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:
grandis aut exigua (vox),Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,
vox,Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.—Comp.:
aqua exiguior facta,Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:
cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:
pars exiguissima,Ov. H. 14, 115:
legata,Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.
II Subst.
A exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:
exiguum campi ante castra erat,Liv. 27, 27, 13:
exiguum spatii,id. 22, 24, 8:
aquae,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:
mellis,Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:
temporis,id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:
salutis,Sil. 4, 248:
exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:
perquam exiguum sapere,Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.—Plur.:
res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,Juv. 3, 23 sq.—
B exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:
exiguo conceditur misericordia,Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.
(a) Form exĭgŭe (class.):
hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:
exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:
ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:
celeriter exigueque dicere,slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:
epistola exigue scripta,id. Att. 11, 16, 1:
exigue atque frigide laudari,Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—
(b) Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):
dormire,Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:
sapere,Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:
tument vela,Luc. 5, 431.—*
(g) Form exĭgŭo:
tangere aliquid,Scrib. Comp. 240.