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pauciloquium

pauciloquium

the fact of saying little

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What it meant

1. pauciloquium — de Vaan

pauciloquium 'the fact of saying little' (PL). Pit. *pauko- 'few', *paurelo- ca little bit'. PIE *peh2u-. IE cognates: see s.v. parvus. The coocurrence of paucus, paullus and pauxillus seems to suggest that paullus developed from *pauk-sh- and pauxillus from *poukslelo-, cf. ala < *aksla 'wing' next to axilla. This is accepted by WH. However, the suffix *-slo- is otherwise only used for instrument nouns, and only … — [de Vaan, s.v. pauciloquium, p. 465]

2. paucĭlŏquĭum — Lewis & Short

paucĭlŏquĭum, ĭi, n.paucus-lo quor,

I a speaking but little, Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 31.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. pauciloquium (scan p. 465; entry #1277). Root candidates: *pauko-, *paurelo-, *peh2u-.

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