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παῦρος

pauros

small, little

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1. παῦρος · pauros — Beekes

παῦρος [adj.) ‘small, little’, plur. ‘few’ (I1.). <1? *peh,u-ro-> eVAR Fem. παυράς (Nic.). *DER Adv. παυράκις: ὀλιγάκις ‘seldom’ (H.); παυρακίς: τὴν πέμπτην Σαμοθρᾷκες καλοῦσιν ‘the pinky finger (Samothr.)’ (H.); diminutive παυρίδιος (Hes. Op. 133). eETYM Cognate with Lat. parvus ‘small’. With different suffixes, Lat. pau-cus ‘few’, paul(Dus ‘small, few’ (basic form unclear). Without a suffix, we find Att. nat-c = » … — [Beekes, s.v. παῦρος, p. 1209]

2. παῦρος · pauros — Chantraine

παῦρος : «petit, court» en parlant du temps (Hés., Pi, Emp.); surtout au pl παῦροι «en petit nombre» (Hom., lyr., trag.), également παῦρος avec un collectif comme λαός (Hormn.). Féminin παυράς, -ἀδος (Nic.). Dérivé : παυρίδιος dit du temps (Hés. Tr. 135), cf. Chantraine, Formation 39. Adv. παυράκις ᾿ ὀλιγάκις (Hsch.) ; mais une autre glose obscure donne παυρακίς * τὴν πεμπτὴν Σαμοθρᾷκες καλοῦσιν. — [Chantraine, s.v. παῦρος, p. 882]

3. παῦρος · pauros — Frisk

παῦρος "klein, gering’, pl. “wenige” (vorw. ep. poet. seit 1].); f. παυράς (Nik.); Adv. παυράκις" ὀλιγάκις H.; daneben παυρακπίς" τὴν πέμπτην Σαμοϑρᾷκες καλοῦσιν H. Demin. παυρ-ἔδιος (Hes. Op. 133); 8. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 181 4.1, Chantraine Form. 39. — Mit lat. parvus klein’ uridentisch (vgl. νεῦρον : nervus). Daneben mit anderen Suffixen lat. pau-cus “wenig’, paul(l)us mu nen πῶς παν rer παύω---παφλάζω 483 … — [Frisk, s.v. παῦρος, p. 1454]

4. παῦρος · pauros — LSJ

little, small, short, speedy, for a short time

little, small, στήμων Hes. Op. 538 ; π. ἔπος Pi. O. 13.98 ; of Time, short, Hes. Op. 326 ; ζωῆς μέρος Emp. 2.3 ; π. ὕπνος Pi. P. 9.25 (s.v.l.); speedy, τέλος βιότοιο Q.S. 7.613 : neut. as Adv., for a short time, παῦρον ἀνθήσας Lyc. 1429.

2 few, small in number, seldom

mostly of Number, few, poet. for ὀλίγος (q.v.) in this sense, Ep., Lyr., and Trag., π. ἄνδρες Thgn. 79 ; π. τινές Pi. O. 10(11).22 ; π. ἀνδρῶν A. Ag. 832 : rare in Prose, as Thphr. HP 8.7.4 ; παῦρα, opp. πολλά, Il. 9.333, cf. Od. 2.241 : with a collect. Subst., π. λαός small in number, Il. 2.675 : Comp. παυρότερος 4.407, 8.56, al., Thgn. 644 : neut. pl. παῦρα as Adv., seldom, Hes. Th. 780, Ar. Pax 764. (Cf. Lat. paucus, Goth. fawai ‘few’.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. παῦρος (scan pp. 1209-1210; entry #4850).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. παῦρος (scan p. 882; entry #6326).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. παῦρος (scan pp. 1454-1455; entry #4523).

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