"paulus" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpau̯.lus/ [Classical], [ˈpäu̯ɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈpau̯.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpäːu̯lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier paullus, likely from Proto-Italic *paukslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”) + *-ko- + *-slom, the first two elements also giving Latin paucus (“few”). Details Cf. the proportions paullus :: paucus like axis :: āla like veicus :: veilla, and with diminutives paullus :: pauxillus like āla :: āxilla like aulla :: auxilla. veilla and aulla showcase the same development of /dipthong + ks/ as the present word. māla, vēlum, pālus are further examples of words formed with the same suffixes. Against this, De Vaan (2008) notes that "the suffix *-slo- is otherwise only used for instrument nouns, and only after consonant stems; both are reasons to reject a preform *pauk-slo- derived from *pau-ko-", and quotes Thurneysen (1907: 177) as deriving it from Proto-Italic *paurelos, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂uros, also from *peh₂w-. However, the regular development of the cluster /wr/ is metathesis, as in parvus, and just this is attested in parvulus. It's difficult to envision a split outcome of metathesis for the base form and its morphologically transparent diminutive (cf. the systematic parallels above). The "instrument nouns" objection can be countered with the striking parallel in pullus (“animal young”) :: pusillus (“tiny”) and by the cross-linguistic tendency to refer to the young with neuter or otherwise objectifying nouns (cf. German -chen); the precise meaning of the suffix also need not have been an instrument. Further related to Latin pauper, puer, Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros), English few. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*peh₂w-}}, {{m|la|paullus}} paullus, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*paukslos}} Proto-Italic *paukslos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*peh₂w-|t=few, small}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”), {{m|ine-pro|*-kos|*-ko-}} *-ko-, {{m|ine-pro|*-tlom|*-slom}} *-slom, {{cog|la|paucus|t=few}} Latin paucus (“few”), {{m|la|paulus|paullus}} paullus, {{m|la|paucus}} paucus, {{m|la|axis}} axis, {{m|la|āla}} āla, {{m|la|vicus|veicus}} veicus, {{m|la|villa|veilla}} veilla, {{m|la|paulus|paullus}} paullus, {{m|la|pauxillus}} pauxillus, {{m|la|āla}} āla, {{m|la|āxilla}} āxilla, {{m|la|ōlla|aulla}} aulla, {{m|la|auxilla}} auxilla, {{m|la|villa|veilla}} veilla, {{m|la|ōlla|aulla}} aulla, {{m|la|māla}} māla, {{m|la|vēlum}} vēlum, {{m|la|pālus}} pālus, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*paurelos}} Proto-Italic *paurelos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*péh₂uros}} Proto-Indo-European *péh₂uros, {{m|ine-pro|*peh₂w-}} *peh₂w-, {{m|la|parvus}} parvus, {{m|la|parvulus}} parvulus, {{m|la|pullus|t=animal young}} pullus (“animal young”), {{m|la|pusillus|t=tiny}} pusillus (“tiny”), {{cog|de|-chen}} German -chen, {{cog|la|pauper}} Latin pauper, {{m|la|puer}} puer, {{cog|grc|παῦρος}} Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros), {{cog|en|few}} English few Head templates: {{la-adj|paulus|adv=paulō}} paulus (feminine paula, neuter paulum, adverb paulō); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|paulus}} Forms: paula [feminine], paulum [neuter], paulō [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], paulus [masculine, nominative, singular], paula [feminine, nominative, singular], paulum [neuter, nominative, singular], paulī [masculine, nominative, plural], paulae [feminine, nominative, plural], paula [neuter, nominative, plural], paulī [genitive, masculine, singular], paulae [feminine, genitive, singular], paulī [genitive, neuter, singular], paulōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], paulārum [feminine, genitive, plural], paulōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], paulō [dative, masculine, singular], paulae [dative, feminine, singular], paulō [dative, neuter, singular], paulīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], paulum [accusative, masculine, singular], paulam [accusative, feminine, singular], paulum [accusative, neuter, singular], paulōs [accusative, masculine, plural], paulās [accusative, feminine, plural], paula [accusative, neuter, plural], paulō [ablative, masculine, singular], paulā [ablative, feminine, singular], paulō [ablative, neuter, singular], paulīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], paule [masculine, singular, vocative], paula [feminine, singular, vocative], paulum [neuter, singular, vocative], paulī [masculine, plural, vocative], paulae [feminine, plural, vocative], paula [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. little, small Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Size Synonyms: paullus Synonyms (small): parvus
    Sense id: en-paulus-la-adj-JkIMO~ub Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: paulātim, Paulīna, paulīnus, Paulīnus, paulīsper, paulō, paululātim, paululō, paululus, paulum, Paulus

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "avidus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "immānis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "ingēns"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "magnus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "vāstus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peh₂w-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paullus"
      },
      "expansion": "paullus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*paukslos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *paukslos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peh₂w-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-kos",
        "3": "*-ko-"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ko-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-tlom",
        "3": "*-slom"
      },
      "expansion": "*-slom",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paucus",
        "t": "few"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin paucus (“few”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paulus",
        "3": "paullus"
      },
      "expansion": "paullus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paucus"
      },
      "expansion": "paucus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "axis"
      },
      "expansion": "axis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "āla"
      },
      "expansion": "āla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vicus",
        "3": "veicus"
      },
      "expansion": "veicus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "villa",
        "3": "veilla"
      },
      "expansion": "veilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paulus",
        "3": "paullus"
      },
      "expansion": "paullus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pauxillus"
      },
      "expansion": "pauxillus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "āla"
      },
      "expansion": "āla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "āxilla"
      },
      "expansion": "āxilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ōlla",
        "3": "aulla"
      },
      "expansion": "aulla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "auxilla"
      },
      "expansion": "auxilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "villa",
        "3": "veilla"
      },
      "expansion": "veilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ōlla",
        "3": "aulla"
      },
      "expansion": "aulla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "māla"
      },
      "expansion": "māla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vēlum"
      },
      "expansion": "vēlum",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pālus"
      },
      "expansion": "pālus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*paurelos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *paurelos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*péh₂uros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *péh₂uros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*peh₂w-"
      },
      "expansion": "*peh₂w-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "parvus"
      },
      "expansion": "parvus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "parvulus"
      },
      "expansion": "parvulus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pullus",
        "t": "animal young"
      },
      "expansion": "pullus (“animal young”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pusillus",
        "t": "tiny"
      },
      "expansion": "pusillus (“tiny”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "German -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pauper"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pauper",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "puer"
      },
      "expansion": "puer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παῦρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "few"
      },
      "expansion": "English few",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier paullus, likely from Proto-Italic *paukslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”) + *-ko- + *-slom, the first two elements also giving Latin paucus (“few”).\nDetails\n Cf. the proportions paullus :: paucus like axis :: āla like veicus :: veilla, and with diminutives paullus :: pauxillus like āla :: āxilla like aulla :: auxilla. veilla and aulla showcase the same development of /dipthong + ks/ as the present word. māla, vēlum, pālus are further examples of words formed with the same suffixes.\nAgainst this, De Vaan (2008) notes that \"the suffix *-slo- is otherwise only used for instrument nouns, and only after consonant stems; both are reasons to reject a preform *pauk-slo- derived from *pau-ko-\", and quotes Thurneysen (1907: 177) as deriving it from Proto-Italic *paurelos, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂uros, also from *peh₂w-.\nHowever, the regular development of the cluster /wr/ is metathesis, as in parvus, and just this is attested in parvulus. It's difficult to envision a split outcome of metathesis for the base form and its morphologically transparent diminutive (cf. the systematic parallels above). The \"instrument nouns\" objection can be countered with the striking parallel in pullus (“animal young”) :: pusillus (“tiny”) and by the cross-linguistic tendency to refer to the young with neuter or otherwise objectifying nouns (cf. German -chen); the precise meaning of the suffix also need not have been an instrument.\nFurther related to Latin pauper, puer, Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros), English few.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paulus",
        "adv": "paulō"
      },
      "expansion": "paulus (feminine paula, neuter paulum, adverb paulō); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paulus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Size",
          "orig": "la:Size",
          "parents": [
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "paulātim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Paulīna"
        },
        {
          "word": "paulīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "Paulīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "paulīsper"
        },
        {
          "word": "paulō"
        },
        {
          "word": "paululātim"
        },
        {
          "word": "paululō"
        },
        {
          "word": "paululus"
        },
        {
          "word": "paulum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Paulus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little, small"
      ],
      "id": "en-paulus-la-adj-JkIMO~ub",
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "small",
          "word": "parvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "paullus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpau̯.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpäu̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpau̯.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpäːu̯lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paulus"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "avidus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "immānis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "ingēns"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "magnus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “small”",
      "word": "vāstus"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "paulātim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paulīna"
    },
    {
      "word": "paulīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paulīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "paulīsper"
    },
    {
      "word": "paulō"
    },
    {
      "word": "paululātim"
    },
    {
      "word": "paululō"
    },
    {
      "word": "paululus"
    },
    {
      "word": "paulum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paulus"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "paullus"
      },
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    },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-kos",
        "3": "*-ko-"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-tlom",
        "3": "*-slom"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paucus",
        "t": "few"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paulus",
        "3": "paullus"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "paucus",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "axis"
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      "expansion": "axis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "āla"
      },
      "expansion": "āla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vicus",
        "3": "veicus"
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      "expansion": "veicus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "villa",
        "3": "veilla"
      },
      "expansion": "veilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paulus",
        "3": "paullus"
      },
      "expansion": "paullus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pauxillus"
      },
      "expansion": "pauxillus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "āla"
      },
      "expansion": "āla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "āxilla"
      },
      "expansion": "āxilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ōlla",
        "3": "aulla"
      },
      "expansion": "aulla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "auxilla"
      },
      "expansion": "auxilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "villa",
        "3": "veilla"
      },
      "expansion": "veilla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ōlla",
        "3": "aulla"
      },
      "expansion": "aulla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "māla"
      },
      "expansion": "māla",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vēlum"
      },
      "expansion": "vēlum",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pālus"
      },
      "expansion": "pālus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*paurelos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *paurelos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*péh₂uros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *péh₂uros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*peh₂w-"
      },
      "expansion": "*peh₂w-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "parvus"
      },
      "expansion": "parvus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "parvulus"
      },
      "expansion": "parvulus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pullus",
        "t": "animal young"
      },
      "expansion": "pullus (“animal young”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pusillus",
        "t": "tiny"
      },
      "expansion": "pusillus (“tiny”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "German -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pauper"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pauper",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "puer"
      },
      "expansion": "puer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παῦρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "few"
      },
      "expansion": "English few",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier paullus, likely from Proto-Italic *paukslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”) + *-ko- + *-slom, the first two elements also giving Latin paucus (“few”).\nDetails\n Cf. the proportions paullus :: paucus like axis :: āla like veicus :: veilla, and with diminutives paullus :: pauxillus like āla :: āxilla like aulla :: auxilla. veilla and aulla showcase the same development of /dipthong + ks/ as the present word. māla, vēlum, pālus are further examples of words formed with the same suffixes.\nAgainst this, De Vaan (2008) notes that \"the suffix *-slo- is otherwise only used for instrument nouns, and only after consonant stems; both are reasons to reject a preform *pauk-slo- derived from *pau-ko-\", and quotes Thurneysen (1907: 177) as deriving it from Proto-Italic *paurelos, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂uros, also from *peh₂w-.\nHowever, the regular development of the cluster /wr/ is metathesis, as in parvus, and just this is attested in parvulus. It's difficult to envision a split outcome of metathesis for the base form and its morphologically transparent diminutive (cf. the systematic parallels above). The \"instrument nouns\" objection can be countered with the striking parallel in pullus (“animal young”) :: pusillus (“tiny”) and by the cross-linguistic tendency to refer to the young with neuter or otherwise objectifying nouns (cf. German -chen); the precise meaning of the suffix also need not have been an instrument.\nFurther related to Latin pauper, puer, Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros), English few.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paulus",
        "adv": "paulō"
      },
      "expansion": "paulus (feminine paula, neuter paulum, adverb paulō); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paulus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂w-",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "la:Size"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little, small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpau̯.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpäu̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpau̯.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpäːu̯lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "small",
      "word": "parvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "paullus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paulus"
}

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