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grăcĭlis, e (also ante-class. grăcĭlus, a, um, Lucil. ap. Non. 489, 21; plur.:

gracilae virgines,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22), adj. [Sanscr. karc, to be lean; old Lat. cracentes, slender (Enn. Ann. 497 Vahl.); cf. Gr. kolokanos], thin, slight, slender, slim; meagre, lean ( poet. and in Aug. prose; not in Cic.; but cf. gracilitas; syn.: exilis, tenuis, macer).

Physically:

in gracili macies crimen habere potest,

Ov. R. Am. 328:

gracili sic tamque pusillo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, etc.,

id. C. 1, 5, 1:

puer,

Mart. 11, 43, 4:

Indi,

Juv. 6, 466:

capella,

Ov. M. 1, 299:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

Liv. 35, 11, 7:

arbores succinctioresque,

Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39:

resina (opp. pinguis),

id. 24, 6, 22, § 33:

gracilis et ejuncida vitis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 173:

folium,

id. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

comae et lanuginis instar,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23:

stamen,

id. M. 6, 54:

catena,

id. ib. 4, 176; cf.:

vinculum auri,

Petr. 126:

cacumen,

Ov. M. 10, 140:

coronae,

Juv. 12, 87:

viae petauri,

Mart. 2, 86, 7; cf.

rima,

App. M. 4, p. 149:

libellus,

Mart. 8, 24, 1:

umbra,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 86:

spuma,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 15.— Comp.:

glans brevior et gracilior,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.— Sup.:

fuit (Nero) ventre projecto, gracillimis cruribus,

Suet. Ner. 51.—

Transf., opp. to fat or rich, meagre, scanty, poor (post-Aug.):

ager,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 11:

vindemiae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2; 8, 15, 1:

gracili Lare vivere,

App. Mag. p. 287; cf.

pauperies,

id. M. 9, p. 219.—

Trop., of style, simple, plain, unadorned ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): materiae gracili sufficit ingenium. Ov. P. 2, 5, 26; cf.:

lusimus, Octavi, gracili modulante Thalia,

Verg. Cul. 1: et in carmine et in soluta oratione genera dicendi probabilia sunt tria, quae Graeci charaktêras vocant nominaque eis fecerunt hadron, ischnon, meson. Nos quoque, quem primum posuimus, uberem vocamus, secundum gracilem, tertium mediocrem. Uberi dignitas atque amplitudo est:

gracili venustas et subtilitas: medius in confinio est utriusque modi particeps, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 1 sq.; cf.:

inter gracile validumque tertium aliquid constitutum est,

Quint. 12, 10, 66:

praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 1.—Of the speaker:

non possumus esse tam graciles, simus fortiores,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.—Hence, adv.: grăcĭlĭter, slenderly.

Lit., App. M. 3, p. 130.—

Trop.:

alia ornatius, alia gracilius esse dicenda,

more simply, Quint. 9, 4, 130.

paulŭlus ( paull-), a, um, adj. dim. [1. paulus], very little, very small (most freq. in neutr. and adverb.):

pila,

Cato, R. R. 14, 2:

pecunia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24:

de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

da mihi paululum bibere,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 45; id. Judic. 4, 19:

spatium,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21:

via,

Liv. 8, 11:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

id. 35, 11:

admixto paululo sale,

Pall. 12, 22.—

Subst.: paulŭ-lum, i, n., a little bit, a trifle. —With gen.:

paululum praedae feci,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 7:

paululum pecuniae,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56:

obsoni,

id. And. 2, 2, 23:

operae,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 50:

morae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9.— Absol.:

nihil aut admodum paululum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

paululum ad beatam vitam deesse,

id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—Hence, in abl.: paululo, a little, somewhat:

si nequeas paululo, at quanti queas,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 30: valeo, sicut soleo: paululo tamen etiam deterius quam soleo, Lucc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.— Hence, adv.: paulŭlum, a little, a very little, somewhat:

abscede paululum istuc,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 75: concede istuc paululum;

audin'?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 38:

paululum opperirier si vis,

id. ib. 5, 2, 51:

paululum respirare,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

mente paululum inminutā,

Sall. J. 65, 1:

spirans,

id. C. 61, 4:

si paululum intermissa fuerit,

Quint. 1, 6, 8:

paululum tempore nostro superiores,

id. 8, 3, 25.

paulŭlus ( paull-), a, um, adj. dim. [1. paulus], very little, very small (most freq. in neutr. and adverb.):

pila,

Cato, R. R. 14, 2:

pecunia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24:

de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

da mihi paululum bibere,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 45; id. Judic. 4, 19:

spatium,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21:

via,

Liv. 8, 11:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

id. 35, 11:

admixto paululo sale,

Pall. 12, 22.—

Subst.: paulŭ-lum, i, n., a little bit, a trifle. —With gen.:

paululum praedae feci,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 7:

paululum pecuniae,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56:

obsoni,

id. And. 2, 2, 23:

operae,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 50:

morae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9.— Absol.:

nihil aut admodum paululum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

paululum ad beatam vitam deesse,

id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—Hence, in abl.: paululo, a little, somewhat:

si nequeas paululo, at quanti queas,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 30: valeo, sicut soleo: paululo tamen etiam deterius quam soleo, Lucc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.— Hence, adv.: paulŭlum, a little, a very little, somewhat:

abscede paululum istuc,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 75: concede istuc paululum;

audin'?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 38:

paululum opperirier si vis,

id. ib. 5, 2, 51:

paululum respirare,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

mente paululum inminutā,

Sall. J. 65, 1:

spirans,

id. C. 61, 4:

si paululum intermissa fuerit,

Quint. 1, 6, 8:

paululum tempore nostro superiores,

id. 8, 3, 25.