parvus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *pauros (“few, small”) with sonority hierarchy-related metathesis, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂urós, suffixed form of *peh₂w-. Cognate with Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros), Old Armenian փոքր (pʿokʿr), and the Germanic cognates under Proto-Germanic *fawaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
- parvos (normal Republican spelling)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.u̯us/, [ˈpäru̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.vus/, [ˈpärvus]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Adjective[edit]
parvus (feminine parva, neuter parvum, comparative minor, superlative minimus); first/second-declension adjective
- small, little, puny.
- Synonym: minutus
- Antonyms: grandis, magnus, adaequātus
- cheap, petty, trifling, ignorable, unimportant.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | parvus | parva | parvum | parvī | parvae | parva | |
Genitive | parvī | parvae | parvī | parvōrum | parvārum | parvōrum | |
Dative | parvō | parvō | parvīs | ||||
Accusative | parvum | parvam | parvum | parvōs | parvās | parva | |
Ablative | parvō | parvā | parvō | parvīs | |||
Vocative | parve | parva | parvum | parvī | parvae | parva |
Noun[edit]
parvus m (genitive parvī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | parvus | parvī |
Genitive | parvī | parvōrum |
Dative | parvō | parvīs |
Accusative | parvum | parvōs |
Ablative | parvō | parvīs |
Vocative | parve | parvī |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of parvus in other languages
References[edit]
- parvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parvus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- parvus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- parvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)
- important results are often produced by trivial causes: ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent
- a deep, high, thin, moderate voice: vox gravis, acuta, parva, mediocris
- to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
- to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
- a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat
- from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
Categories:
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with audio links
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin terms with usage examples
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- Latin suppletive adjectives
- la:Size