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lībo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root lib-, leibô, loibê; cf. Līber, delibutus, etc.], to take a little from any thing.

Lit.

In gen.:

libare gramina dentibus,

to crop, Calp. Ecl. 5, 51.—

In partic.

To take a taste of a thing, to taste:

jecur,

Liv. 25, 16:

pocula Bacchi,

Verg. A. 3, 354:

flumina libant Summa leves,

to sip, id. G. 4, 54.—

Poet., to touch a thing:

cibos digitis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 577:

summam celeri pede libat harenam,

id. M. 10, 653:

cellulae limen,

Petr. 136:

oscula alicujus,

to kiss, Verg. A. 1, 256.—

To pour out in honor of a deity, to make a libation of any thing:

duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho,

Verg. A. 5, 77:

carchesia patri,

Val. Fl. 5, 274:

Oceano libemus,

Verg. G. 4, 381:

in mensam laticum libavit honorem,

id. A. 1, 740:

pateris altaria libant,

sprinkle, id. ib. 12, 174:

sepulcrum mei Tlepolemi tuo luminum cruore libabo,

App. M. 8, p. 206 fin. —

To pour out or forth:

rorem in tempora nati,

Val. Fl. 4, 15.—

To pour out as an offering, to offer, dedicate, consecrate:

certasque fruges certasque bacas sacerdotes publice libanto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

diis dapes,

Liv. 39, 43:

uvam,

Tib. 1, 11, 21:

frugem Cereri,

Ov. M. 8, 274:

noluit bibere, sed libavit eam (aquam) Domino,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 16. — Absol., to offer libations:

libant diis alienis,

Vulg. Jer. 7, 18:

Domino,

id. 2 Reg. 23, 16:

cum solemni die Jovi libaretur,

Gell. 12, 8, 2.—So poet.:

carmen aris,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 8:

Celso lacrimas libamus adempto,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 41.—

To lessen, diminish, impair by taking away:

ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit,

Lucr. 5, 260; id. 5, 568:

virginitatem,

Ov. H. 2, 115:

vires,

Liv. 21, 29.—

Trop., to take out, cull, extract from any thing (rare but class.):

ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque libavimus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82:

qui tuo nomini velis ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:

libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidem lepos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

a qua (natura deorum) haustos animos et libatos habemus,

id. Div. 1, 49, 110:

unde (i. e. ex divinitate) omnes animos haustos, aut acceptos, aut libatos haberemus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 26: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libāsse. id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.—

To learn something of, acquire superficially:

sed eum (informamus) qui quasdam artes haurire, omnes libare debet,

Tac. Dial. 31 fin.

Lĭbo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Marcia and Scribonia, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 3; id. Brut. 23, 89; id. de Or. 2, 65, 263; id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 8.

lībo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root lib-, leibô, loibê; cf. Līber, delibutus, etc.], to take a little from any thing.

Lit.

In gen.:

libare gramina dentibus,

to crop, Calp. Ecl. 5, 51.—

In partic.

To take a taste of a thing, to taste:

jecur,

Liv. 25, 16:

pocula Bacchi,

Verg. A. 3, 354:

flumina libant Summa leves,

to sip, id. G. 4, 54.—

Poet., to touch a thing:

cibos digitis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 577:

summam celeri pede libat harenam,

id. M. 10, 653:

cellulae limen,

Petr. 136:

oscula alicujus,

to kiss, Verg. A. 1, 256.—

To pour out in honor of a deity, to make a libation of any thing:

duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho,

Verg. A. 5, 77:

carchesia patri,

Val. Fl. 5, 274:

Oceano libemus,

Verg. G. 4, 381:

in mensam laticum libavit honorem,

id. A. 1, 740:

pateris altaria libant,

sprinkle, id. ib. 12, 174:

sepulcrum mei Tlepolemi tuo luminum cruore libabo,

App. M. 8, p. 206 fin. —

To pour out or forth:

rorem in tempora nati,

Val. Fl. 4, 15.—

To pour out as an offering, to offer, dedicate, consecrate:

certasque fruges certasque bacas sacerdotes publice libanto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

diis dapes,

Liv. 39, 43:

uvam,

Tib. 1, 11, 21:

frugem Cereri,

Ov. M. 8, 274:

noluit bibere, sed libavit eam (aquam) Domino,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 16. — Absol., to offer libations:

libant diis alienis,

Vulg. Jer. 7, 18:

Domino,

id. 2 Reg. 23, 16:

cum solemni die Jovi libaretur,

Gell. 12, 8, 2.—So poet.:

carmen aris,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 8:

Celso lacrimas libamus adempto,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 41.—

To lessen, diminish, impair by taking away:

ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit,

Lucr. 5, 260; id. 5, 568:

virginitatem,

Ov. H. 2, 115:

vires,

Liv. 21, 29.—

Trop., to take out, cull, extract from any thing (rare but class.):

ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque libavimus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82:

qui tuo nomini velis ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:

libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidem lepos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

a qua (natura deorum) haustos animos et libatos habemus,

id. Div. 1, 49, 110:

unde (i. e. ex divinitate) omnes animos haustos, aut acceptos, aut libatos haberemus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 26: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libāsse. id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.—

To learn something of, acquire superficially:

sed eum (informamus) qui quasdam artes haurire, omnes libare debet,

Tac. Dial. 31 fin.

Lĭbo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Marcia and Scribonia, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 3; id. Brut. 23, 89; id. de Or. 2, 65, 263; id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 8.

Longīnus, i, m. [longus], a Roman surname in the gens Cassia.—So, Cassius Longinus, v. Cassius.—

A Grecian philosopher, minister of Zenobia, who was put to death by Aurelian, Vop. Aur. 30; Hier. Ep. 95.

Māmercus, i, m. [Mamers for Mars], an Oscan prænomen: Mamercus praenomen Oscum est, ab eo, quod hi Martem Mamertem appellant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 130 Müll.—

A Roman surname in the Æmilian gens, who claimed Numa as their ancestor:

ridere Mamercorum alapas,

Juv. 8, 192.—Esp.:

M. Aemilius Mamercus,

Cic. Brut. 47, 175.

pīso, āre and ĕre, v. pinso.

pīso, ōnis, m. [pinso, piso; cf. pistor], a mortar:

marmoreus,

Mart. Emp. 8.

Pīso, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Calpurnia;

v. Calpurnius,

Cic. Font. 13, 39; Juv. 5, 109.—Hence,

Pīsōnĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Piso, Pisonian:

Pisoniana conjuratio,

Suet. Ner. 36: Pisoniano vitio, cum loqui nesciret, tacere non potuit (with reference to Cic. Pis. 1, 1, where Cicero charges Piso with lack of eloquence), Hier. Ep. 69, 2.

pīso, āre and ĕre, v. pinso.

pīso, ōnis, m. [pinso, piso; cf. pistor], a mortar:

marmoreus,

Mart. Emp. 8.

Pīso, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Calpurnia;

v. Calpurnius,

Cic. Font. 13, 39; Juv. 5, 109.—Hence,

Pīsōnĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Piso, Pisonian:

Pisoniana conjuratio,

Suet. Ner. 36: Pisoniano vitio, cum loqui nesciret, tacere non potuit (with reference to Cic. Pis. 1, 1, where Cicero charges Piso with lack of eloquence), Hier. Ep. 69, 2.

pīso, āre and ĕre, v. pinso.

pīso, ōnis, m. [pinso, piso; cf. pistor], a mortar:

marmoreus,

Mart. Emp. 8.

Pīso, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Calpurnia;

v. Calpurnius,

Cic. Font. 13, 39; Juv. 5, 109.—Hence,

Pīsōnĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Piso, Pisonian:

Pisoniana conjuratio,

Suet. Ner. 36: Pisoniano vitio, cum loqui nesciret, tacere non potuit (with reference to Cic. Pis. 1, 1, where Cicero charges Piso with lack of eloquence), Hier. Ep. 69, 2.

Ralla, ae, m., a Roman surname in the Marcian gens.

M. Marcius Ralla, Liv. 29, 11.—

Q. Marcius Ralla, Liv. 34, 52.

rūfus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with ruber], red, reddish, of all shades, acc. to Gell. 2, 26, 5.—In gen.:

rufus quidam,

redhaired, red-headed, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 119:

virgo,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 17; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 1 (cf. rufulus):

vestibus,

Mart. 14, 129, 1:

sanguis,

Cels. 2, 8:

armenta,

Vitr. 8, 3:

sal,

Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 86.— Comp.:

Campana siligo rufior,

Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86; 16, 14, 25, § 65.

Rūfus, i, m. [1. rufus], a common Roman surname (like the German Roth, Rother), Quint, 1, 4, 25; Cic. Fam. 5, 19 tit.; 14, 14, 2 al.

rūfus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with ruber], red, reddish, of all shades, acc. to Gell. 2, 26, 5.—In gen.:

rufus quidam,

redhaired, red-headed, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 119:

virgo,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 17; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 1 (cf. rufulus):

vestibus,

Mart. 14, 129, 1:

sanguis,

Cels. 2, 8:

armenta,

Vitr. 8, 3:

sal,

Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 86.— Comp.:

Campana siligo rufior,

Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86; 16, 14, 25, § 65.

Rūfus, i, m. [1. rufus], a common Roman surname (like the German Roth, Rother), Quint, 1, 4, 25; Cic. Fam. 5, 19 tit.; 14, 14, 2 al.

Sīlānus, i, m., a Roman surname in the Julian gens, Liv. 23, 15; 25, 2.

D. Junius Silanus, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; id. Cat. 4, 4, 7; Sall. C. 50, 4; 51, 16. —

M. Silanus, Cic. Brut. 35, 135; id. Fan 10, 30. 1.—Hence, Sīlānĭānus, a, um, adj., of or named from one Silanus:

senatusconsultum,

Dig. 29, 5, 1, §§ 7 and 21.

sīlānus, i, m., = silênos, Doric silanos, a fountain or jet of water (usually spirting from a head of Silenus). Lucr. 6, 1265; Cels. 3, 18 med.; Fest. s. v. tullios, p. 352 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 3321; Hyg. Fab. 169.

Sīlānus, v. Sila fin.

Sīlānus, i, m., a Roman surname in the Julian gens, Liv. 23, 15; 25, 2.

D. Junius Silanus, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; id. Cat. 4, 4, 7; Sall. C. 50, 4; 51, 16. —

M. Silanus, Cic. Brut. 35, 135; id. Fan 10, 30. 1.—Hence, Sīlānĭānus, a, um, adj., of or named from one Silanus:

senatusconsultum,

Dig. 29, 5, 1, §§ 7 and 21.

sīlānus, i, m., = silênos, Doric silanos, a fountain or jet of water (usually spirting from a head of Silenus). Lucr. 6, 1265; Cels. 3, 18 med.; Fest. s. v. tullios, p. 352 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 3321; Hyg. Fab. 169.

Sīlānus, v. Sila fin.

Sīlānus, i, m., a Roman surname in the Julian gens, Liv. 23, 15; 25, 2.

D. Junius Silanus, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; id. Cat. 4, 4, 7; Sall. C. 50, 4; 51, 16. —

M. Silanus, Cic. Brut. 35, 135; id. Fan 10, 30. 1.—Hence, Sīlānĭānus, a, um, adj., of or named from one Silanus:

senatusconsultum,

Dig. 29, 5, 1, §§ 7 and 21.

sīlānus, i, m., = silênos, Doric silanos, a fountain or jet of water (usually spirting from a head of Silenus). Lucr. 6, 1265; Cels. 3, 18 med.; Fest. s. v. tullios, p. 352 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 3321; Hyg. Fab. 169.

Sīlānus, v. Sila fin.

paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].

In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

paulo sumptu,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

pauper a paulo lare,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—

Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

quasi vero paulum intersiet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

supplicī,

id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

negotī,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

lucri,

id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —

Adverb. uses.

Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.

With comp.:

paulo prius,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

liberius paulo,

Cic. Or. 24, 82:

civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

paulo secus,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

haud paulo plus,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

paulo minus consideratus,

id. Quint. 3, 11:

paulo magis affabre factus,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

paulo longius processerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

maturius paulo,

id. ib. 1, 54:

paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

id. Tib. 26:

paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

paulo minus quinque millia,

id. Pan. 28, 4.—

Esp. with ante, post:

quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

Cic. Part. 39, 137:

paulo ante,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

post paulo,

just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —

With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

verba paulo nimium redundantia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

paulo ultra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

paulo mox,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—

Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,

Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

paulum supra eum locum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

epistolae me paulum recreant,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

paulum differre,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

requiescere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

Verg. A. 3, 597.—

With adv. of time or place:

post paulum,

a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

ultra paulum,

id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

infra jugulum,

Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—

With comp.:

haud paulum major,

Sil. 15, 21:

tardius,

Stat. Th. 10, 938.

Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.

L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—

The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —

Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—

Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, Vulg. Act. passim.—

Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,

Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

Pauliana victoria,

the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—

Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.

Paulīnus, i, m.:

C. Suetonius Paulinus,

Tac. A. 14, 29.—

Paulīna, ae, f.:

Lollia Paulina,

wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].

In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

paulo sumptu,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

pauper a paulo lare,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—

Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

quasi vero paulum intersiet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

supplicī,

id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

negotī,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

lucri,

id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —

Adverb. uses.

Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.

With comp.:

paulo prius,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

liberius paulo,

Cic. Or. 24, 82:

civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

paulo secus,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

haud paulo plus,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

paulo minus consideratus,

id. Quint. 3, 11:

paulo magis affabre factus,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

paulo longius processerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

maturius paulo,

id. ib. 1, 54:

paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

id. Tib. 26:

paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

paulo minus quinque millia,

id. Pan. 28, 4.—

Esp. with ante, post:

quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

Cic. Part. 39, 137:

paulo ante,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

post paulo,

just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —

With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

verba paulo nimium redundantia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

paulo ultra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

paulo mox,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—

Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,

Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

paulum supra eum locum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

epistolae me paulum recreant,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

paulum differre,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

requiescere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

Verg. A. 3, 597.—

With adv. of time or place:

post paulum,

a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

ultra paulum,

id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

infra jugulum,

Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—

With comp.:

haud paulum major,

Sil. 15, 21:

tardius,

Stat. Th. 10, 938.

Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.

L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—

The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —

Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—

Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, Vulg. Act. passim.—

Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,

Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

Pauliana victoria,

the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—

Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.

Paulīnus, i, m.:

C. Suetonius Paulinus,

Tac. A. 14, 29.—

Paulīna, ae, f.:

Lollia Paulina,

wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

paulus ( paull-), a, um, adj. [for paurulus; Gr. root pauros; cf. misellus for miserulus].

In gen., little, small (anteclass. and poet.):

paulo momento huc vel illuc impelli,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

paulo sumptu,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

pauper a paulo lare,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.: paula trua, Titin. ap. Non. 19, 19.—

Subst.: pau-lum, i, n., a little, a trifle: de paulo paululum [p. 1318] hoc tibi dabo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

quasi vero paulum intersiet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 18:

an paulum hoc esse tibi videtur?

id. ib. 5, 2, 18;

5, 8, 38: agelli paulum,

id. Ad. 5, 8, 26:

supplicī,

id. And. 5, 3, 32; so,

negotī,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 92:

lucri,

id. ib. 4, 4, 25:

paulum huic Cottae tribuit partium,

allotted a small part of his defence, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

nil Aut paulum abstulerat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 33:

ubi paulum nescio quid superest,

Juv. 11, 47: post paulum, v. infra. —

Adverb. uses.

Abl.: paulo, by a little, a little, somewhat.

With comp.:

paulo prius,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 7:

liberius paulo,

Cic. Or. 24, 82:

civis haud paulo melior, quam, etc.,

id. Att. 2, 12, 3:

paulo secus,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

haud paulo plus,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

paulo minus consideratus,

id. Quint. 3, 11:

paulo magis affabre factus,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

verbis paulo magis priscis uti,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

paulo longius processerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

maturius paulo,

id. ib. 1, 54:

paulo minus quatuordecim annos,

a little under, Suet. Ner. 40:

paulo minus, quam privatum egit,

id. Tib. 26:

paulo minus octogesimo aetatis anno decessit,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

paulo minus quinque millia,

id. Pan. 28, 4.—

Esp. with ante, post:

quae paulo ante praecepta dedimus,

Cic. Part. 39, 137:

paulo ante,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; Juv. 6, 227; 9, 114:

post paulo,

just after, a little after, Sall. C. 18, 3; Liv. 22, 60. —

With words and expressions implying superiority or comparison:

magnitudine paulo antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

verba paulo nimium redundantia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

histrio si paulo se movit extra numerum,

id. Par. 3, 2, 26:

paulo ultra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

paulo mox,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.—

Without comparison (rare), a little, somewhat:

paulo qui est homo tolerabilis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31:

ut non solum gloriosis consiliis utamur, sed etiam paulo salubribus,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5:

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna, Lux mea, etc.,

Cat. 68, 131.—Hence,

Acc.: paulum, a little, somewhat:

paulum supra eum locum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

epistolae me paulum recreant,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 5:

paulum differre,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85:

requiescere,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: scaphae paulum progressae, Sall. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 10 (Hist. 1, 60 Dietsch):

paulum aspectu conterritus haesit,

Verg. A. 3, 597.—

With adv. of time or place:

post paulum,

a little later, after a short time, Caes. B. G. 7, 50; Quint. 9, 4, 19; 2, 17, 25; 11, 3, 148:

ultra paulum,

id. 11, 3, 21; cf.:

infra jugulum,

Suet. Caes. 82; cf. also: paulum praelabitur ante, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111.—

With comp.:

haud paulum major,

Sil. 15, 21:

tardius,

Stat. Th. 10, 938.

Paulus ( Paull-), i, m., a Roman surname (not a praenomen; cf. Borghesi Framm. de' Fasti Cons. i. p. 49, and his Dec. Numism. 4, n. 10) of the Æmilian family, Cic. Lael. 6, 21; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14.

L. Aemilius Paulus, a consul who fell in the battle near Cannœ, Hor. C. 1, 12, 38; Cic. Sen. 20, 75; id. Div. 2, 33, 71.—

The son of no. I., the adoptive father of the younger Scipio and the conqueror of Perseus, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; id. Sen. 6, 15. —

Q. Paulus Fabius Maximus, a consul A. U. C. 743, Front. Aquaed. 100.—

Julius Paulus, a celebrated jurist under Alexander Severus, a colleague of Papinian, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

Paul, Christian name of Saul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles, author of many epistles to the Churches, Vulg. Act. passim.—

Sergius Paulus, proconsul in Cyprus, Vulg. Act. 13, 7.—Hence,

Paulĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Paulian:

Pauliana victoria,

the victory of L. Æmilius Paulus over Perseus, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: Pauliana responsa, of the jurist J. Paulus, Dig. praef. ad Antecess. § 5.—

Paulī-nus ( Paull-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Paulus, Pauline, only as a Roman surname.—Subst.

Paulīnus, i, m.:

C. Suetonius Paulinus,

Tac. A. 14, 29.—

Paulīna, ae, f.:

Lollia Paulina,

wife of the emperor Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25; Tac. A. 12, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.