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  • 1 inops

    poor, helpless, in need

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  • 2 pauper

        pauper peris, adj. with comp. and sup.    [PAV-], poor, not wealthy, of small means: homo: quae in patriā honeste pauper vivit, T.: ex pauperrimo dives factus: horum Semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum, H.: aquae, H.—As subst m., a poor man: Pauperis est numerare pecus, O.: quod Aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque, H.: pauperiorum turbae, H.—Of things, poor, scanty, inconsiderable, small, meagre: pauperis tuguri culmen, V.: ager, Tb.: et carmen venā pauperiore fluit, O.: pudor, Ph.
    * * *
    I II
    pauperis (gen.), pauperior -or -us, pauperrimus -a -um ADJ
    poor/meager/unproductive; scantily endowed; cheap, of little worth; of poor man

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  • 3 pauper

    pauper, pĕris ( fem. paupera, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 519, called obsolete by Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.— Neutr. pauperum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 33.— Gen. plur. pauperorum, Petr. 46 dub.; Inscr. ex Ann. p. Chr. n. 341: AMATOR PAVPERORVM, ap. Fea, Framm. de' Fasti Cons. p. 90), adj. [root pau- of pauros (cf. paucus, etc.), and per- of pario, pe-per-i, producing little], poor, i. e. not wealthy, of small means, that has only enough for his moderate expenses (cf.: indigus, egenus, inops).— Absol.:

    pauper, cui opera vita erat, ruri fere Se continebat,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 16:

    qui (judices) saepe propter invidiam adimunt diviti, Aut propter misericordiam addunt pauperi,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 47:

    optavit honeste in patriā pauper vivere,

    id. And. 4, 5, 3:

    servus domini pauperis,

    id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Cic. Par. 6, 3, 50:

    sisne ex pauperrimo dives factus,

    id. Vatin. 12, 29:

    si abundans opibus pauperem se vocet,

    Quint. 11, 1, 21:

    quod Aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 25.—With in and abl.:

    meo sum pauper in aere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 12.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    horum Semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 79:

    pauper Opimius argenti positi intus et auri,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 142:

    aquae,

    id. C. 3, 30, 11.— Subst.: pauper, ĕris, comm., a poor man:

    pauperum tabernae,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 13:

    pauperum cenae,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 14:

    pauperum sepulcra,

    id. Epod. 17, 47:

    pauperiorum turbae,

    id. S. 1, 1, 111.—
    2.
    Of things, poor, scanty, inconsiderable, small, meagre (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).— Absol.:

    pauperes res inopesque,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 24:

    ager,

    Tib. 1, 1, 23 (19):

    mensa,

    id. 1, 1, 37:

    pauperis tuguri culmen,

    Verg. E. 1, 69:

    domus,

    id. A. 12, 519:

    et carmen venā pauperiore fluit,

    Ov. P. 4, 2, 20:

    pauper pudor,

    Phaedr. 2, 1, 14:

    nomina pauperis aevi,

    Luc. 10, 151:

    eloquentia,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5.— With gen.:

    pauper sulci cerealis Abella,

    Sil. 8, 545.—With abl.: exemplis pauperior, App. Flor. fin. —
    B.
    Transf., for egenus, needy, indigent: homo Pauper, qui educit in egestate liberos, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 21:

    inopes ac pauperes,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 52.—
    II.
    Trop., poor, feeble, intellectually (very rare; cf.

    miser, misellus): miser enim et (ut ita dicam) pauper orator est, qui, etc.,

    Quint. 8 prooem. § 28.—
    (β).
    Pauperes spiritu, i. e. humble, Vulg. Matt. 5, 3.—Hence, adv., poorly; in comp.:

    pauperius incedit,

    Tert. Cult. Fem. 11 fin.

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  • 4 āridus

        āridus adj. with sup.    [3 AR-], dry, arid, parched: materies, Cs.: folia: tellus leonum nutrix, H.: nubila, rainless, V. — As subst n., a dry place, dry land: naves in aridum subducere, Cs.: (arbores) humi arido gignuntur, S. — Of feeling, making dry, burning: sitis, O.: febris, V. — Of sound: fragor, a dry, crackling noise, V.— Withered, shrivelled: crura, O.: nates, H. — Meagre, scanty, poor: victus: vita. — Fig., of style, dry, jejune, poor, unadorned: genus sermonis: libri aridissimi, Ta.—Of a man, dry, stingy: pater, T.
    * * *
    arida -um, aridior -or -us, aridissimus -a -um ADJ
    dry, arid, parched; water/rain-less; used dry, dried; thirsty; poor; shriveled

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  • 5 egēns

        egēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of egeo], needy, necessitous, in want, poor: egens relictast misera, T.: egentes abundant: delectus egentium, Cs.: nil magnae laudis, not craving, V.: non rationis, not destitute of, V.: nihil illo egentius: egentissimus ganeo: egentissimis largiri, L.
    * * *
    (gen.), egentis ADJ
    needy, poor, in want of; very poor, destitute (of)

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  • 6 exīlis

        exīlis e, adj.    [for *exigilis; 2 AG-], strict, narrow, thin, slender, lank, small, meagre, poor: cor: femur, H.: legiones, incomplete: digiti, O.— Fig., thin, poor: solum.— Cheerless, comfortless: domus, H.— Worthless, insincere: plausūs.— Meagre, dry, inadequate: genus sermonis: (dicta) de virtutis vi.
    * * *
    exile, exilior -or -us, exilissimus -a -um ADJ
    small, thin; poor

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  • 7 humilis

        humilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [humus], low, lowly, small, slight: casae, V.: salictum, Iu.: ea quae sunt humiliora: humilior munitio, Cs.: (naves) humiliores quam, etc., Cs.: domus, H.: Forentum, in the plain, H.: (avis) humilis volat, flies low, V.: fossa, shallow, V.—Fig., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant: homines: humillimus homo de plebe, L.: humiliores possessionibus expellere, Cs.: satis superque, L.: Cleonae, O.: ex humili loco ad dignitatem perducere, Cs.: res: ars: vestitus, N.: agna, poor, H.: domus, Iu.—As subst n.: ex humili potens, obscurity, H.: Quales ex humili Extollit fortuna, Iu.—Of language, low, common, colloquial: sermo: verbum: humili modo loqui, H.—Of character, low, lowly, mean, base, abject: apparitor: Non humilis mulier, H.: obsecratio: pavor, V.
    * * *
    humile, humilior -or -us, humillimus -a -um ADJ
    low, lowly, small, slight, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, insignificant

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  • 8 inops

        inops opis, adj.    [2 in+ops], without resources, helpless, weak: inopes relicti a duce: nihil iuris humani relinquitur inopi, L.: solare inopem, V.: ab amicis: laudis conscendere carmen, unskilled, Pr.—Without possessions, poor, destitute, needy, indigent: coloni, H.: aerarium, empty: cupido, unsated, H.: domus cuiusvis inopis, N.: turba, V.: humanitatis, without: amicorum, destitute of: mentis, O.: consili, L.: paterni laris, stripped, H.— Fig., mean, wretched, contemptible, pitiful: inopis animi esse, H.: nostras inopes noluit esse vias, O.—Of speech, poor, meagre: non erat abundans, non inops: lingua: versūs rerum, H.: verbis.
    * * *
    (gen.), inopis ADJ
    weak, poor, needy, helpless; lacking, destitute (of), meager

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  • 9 pauperculus

        pauperculus adj. dim.    [pauper], poor, poor little: anus, T.: mater, H.
    * * *
    paupercula, pauperculum ADJ

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  • 10 tenuis

        tenuis e, adj. with comp. tenuior and sup. tenuissimus    [2 TA-], drawn out, meagre, slim, thin, lank, slender: Pinna, H.: acus, fine, O.: avena, V.: animae (defunctorum), O.—Of texture, thin, fine, close: vestes, O.: togae, H.: toga filo tenuissima, O.: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis saepsit.—Of substance, thin, rare, fine, slight: caelum: athereus locus tenuissimus est: agmen (militum), L.— Little, slight, trifling, inconsiderable, insignificant, poor, mean: oppidum: aqua, shallow, L.: tenuem fontibus adfer aquam, i. e. a little water, O.: sulcus, V.: Insignis tenui fronte Lycoris, low, H.: semita, narrow, V.: cibus, Ph.: opes: census, H.: praeda, Cs.: tenuissimum lumen: ventus, a breeze, V.—Of persons, poor: servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis.— Plur m. as subst: tenuīs praemio, stultos errore permovit: fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur: cuiusque censum tenuissimi auxerant.—Fig., fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact: distinctio: cura, O.: rationes non ad tenue elimatae.— Weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, poor, slight: tenuissima valetudo, delicate, Cs.: sermo: in tenuissimis rebus labi: artificium: spes tenuior: curae, V.— Low in rank, mean, inferior, common: tenuiores, the lower orders: tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis: tenuissimus quisque: adulescentes tenui loco orti, L.
    * * *
    tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um ADJ
    thin, fine; delicate; slight, little, unimportant; weak, feeble

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  • 11 egenum

    ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo], in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    (nos) omnium,

    Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6:

    omnis spei,

    Tac. A. 1, 53:

    aquarum (regio),

    id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30:

    decoris,

    Sil. 6, 304.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    commeatu,

    Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    res,

    i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367:

    frater,

    Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—
    II.
    Poor, worthless, beggarly:

    ad infirma et egena elementa,

    Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.
    A.
    ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:

    et pauper,

    Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —
    B.
    ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:

    in egeno,

    Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.

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  • 12 egenus

    ĕgēnus, a, um, adj. [egeo], in want of, in need of, destitute or void of any thing (rare, and mostly poet. for egens).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    (nos) omnium,

    Verg. A. 1, 599; Liv. 9, 6:

    omnis spei,

    Tac. A. 1, 53:

    aquarum (regio),

    id. ib. 15, 3 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 30:

    decoris,

    Sil. 6, 304.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    commeatu,

    Tac. A. 12, 46; 15, 12.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    res,

    i. e. indigent, needy, necessitous, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 2; Verg. A. 6, 91; 8, 365; 10, 367:

    frater,

    Vulg. Deut. 15, 11.—
    II.
    Poor, worthless, beggarly:

    ad infirma et egena elementa,

    Vulg. Gal. 4, 9. —Subst.
    A.
    ĕgēnus, i, m., a poor man:

    et pauper,

    Vulg. Psa. 34, 10; id. Sir. 4, 4 al. —
    B.
    ĕgēnum, i, n., a poor soil:

    in egeno,

    Col. 3, 10, 4; 4, 31, 1.

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  • 13 egeo

    ĕgĕo, ŭi, 2 ( part. fut. egitura, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 24), v. n. [cf. Gr. achên, poor; root ach-, anch, in achos, anchô, etc.; Lat. angustus, [p. 633] angina], to be needy (for syn. cf.: indigeo, careo, vaco).
    I.
    Prop.
    a.
    Absol. (so usually in Plaut. and Ter.), to be needy, to be in want, to be poor:

    me in divitiis esse agrumque habere, egere illam autem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 57; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 73; id. Truc. 2, 1, 12; 4, 2, 32; id. Trin. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 49; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Rosc. Com. 8 (opp. locupletem esse); Hor. S. 2, 2, 103 (opp. dives); id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 1, 228 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    amatur atque egetur acriter,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 39.—
    b.
    To need, want, lack, to be in need of, with the thing needed.
    (α).
    In the abl.:

    earum rerum, quibus egeremus, invectio,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 5; id. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

    omnibus necessariis rebus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    copiis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 16 fin.:

    oculis ad cernendum,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    bibliothecis Graecis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6; cf. id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    medicină,

    id. Lael. 3:

    nullo,

    id. ib. 9, 30:

    consilio, opera nostra,

    id. ib. 14 fin.:

    auxilio,

    id. Fam. 2, 17, 16:

    sapiens eget nulla re: egere enim necessitatis est,

    Sen. Ep. 9 med. (cf. I. a. supra).—Of inanimate subjects:

    opus eget exercitatione non parva,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 38; 1, 8, 4; 1, 10, 7 et saep.—
    (β).
    In the gen. (in Cic. dub., v. the foll.):

    si pudoris egeas,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187:

    tui, admonitricis,

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67:

    auxilii,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 11, 4: medicinae (al. medicina; cf.

    the preced.),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3 fin.:

    medici, curatoris,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; cf.

    custodis,

    id. S. 1, 4, 118:

    aeris (opp. locuples mancipiis),

    id. Ep. 1, 6, 39:

    nullius,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 22:

    nutricis,

    Ov. Tr. 6, 135:

    alienae facundiae,

    Tac. A. 13, 3 al. —Of inanimate subjects:

    nec prosum quicquam nostrae rationis egere,

    Lucr. 3, 44; Quint. 5, 14, 5; 2, 16, 13; 3, 8, 63 al.—
    (γ).
    In the acc.:

    nec quicquam eges,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 12; cf. the foll.—
    (δ).
    Supplied by inf. pass.:

    clariores quam ut indicari egeant, Athenae,

    Mel. 2, 3, 4; cf. id. 2, 4, 1.
    II.
    Sometimes transf.
    A.
    (For the usual careo.) To be without, to be destitute of, not to have:

    C. Macer auctoritate semper eguit,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    donis tuis, somne,

    Stat. S. 5, 4, 2.—Of inanimate subjects:

    res proprio nomine,

    Lucr. 3, 134. —
    * B.
    To do without, to bear the want of: si quid est, quod utar, utor; si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1.—
    C.
    Like the Gr. deomai (cf. also the Engl. to want), to desire, wish for:

    tui amans abeuntis egeo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 1:

    plausoris,

    Hor. A. P. 154:

    tantuli,

    id. S. 1, 1, 59; cf. in the abl.:

    pane,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 11.—Hence, ĕgens, entis, P. a., needy, necessitous, in want, very poor (class.; cf.:

    egenus, indigens, indigus, inops, pauper, mendicus): quocirca (amici) et absentes assunt egentes abundant,

    Cic. Lael. 7; Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 1; 2, 3, 4; id. Stich. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 10; Cic. Clu. 59, 163; id. Fl. 15, 35 et saep.; cf.

    opp. locuples,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 2; Dig. 22, 5, 3;

    opp. abundans,

    Cic. Par. 6, 1, 43:

    delectus egentium ac perditorum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 2; cf. Sall. C. 31, 1; 18, 4.— Comp.:

    nihil rege egentius,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.— Sup.:

    egestates tot egentissimorum hominum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Sest. 52, 111; id. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.;

    opp. locuples,

    Liv. 1, 47.— Adv. does not occur.

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  • 14 exilis

    exīlis, e, adj. [ex and ile, ilia; hence, without entrails, i. e. thin, lank, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1003], small, thin, slender, lank, meagre, poor, feeble (class.;

    syn.: tenuis, gracilis, macer): exile et exiguum et vietum cor,

    Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

    jecur horridum et exile,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 30:

    femur (opp. tumentes surae),

    Hor. Epod. 8, 10:

    artus,

    Ov. Pont. 1, 10, 27:

    folia,

    Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29:

    quod solum tam exile et macrum est, quod, etc.,

    thin, poor, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    ager,

    Col. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

    Arisbe glebis,

    Luc. 3, 204:

    exilis domus est, ubi non et multa supersunt, etc.,

    poor, wretched, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 45:

    domus Plutonia,

    i. e. cheerless, id. C. 1, 4, 17 (cf.:

    domus plena,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 24):

    hereditas (with parva),

    Plin. Pan. 40, 1:

    via,

    short, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 86.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., meagre, dry, inadequate, etc.:

    genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum,

    meagre, dry, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159;

    so of speech,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; id. de Or. 2, 77, 315; 1, 18, 83; Quint. 8, 3, 56 (opp. tumida); cf. of speech:

    pro pressis exiles,

    id. 10, 2, 16:

    vox (opp. plena),

    id. 11, 3, 15; ib. 13:

    argumentis admodum exilibus niti,

    Gell. 14, 2, 4.—
    B.
    Void, free. —With gen.:

    exilis atque inanis aegritudinum,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 21.— Comp.:

    caro prunorum,

    Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 43:

    vox feminis quam maribus (opp. gravior),

    id. 11, 51, 112, § 269: vox in senecta, ib. § 270.— Sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, adv.: exīlĭter, thinly, meagrely, feebly, dryly:

    nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire,

    feebly, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

    annales sane exiliter scripti,

    id. Brut. 27, 106:

    disputare (with jejune),

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 50.— Comp.:

    exilius dicere de aliqua re,

    more sparingly, briefly, Varr. L. L. 5, § 2 Müll.— Sup. seems not to occur.

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  • 15 congiārium

        congiārium ī, n    [congius], a largess to the poor of a congius to each man (of oil, etc.): congiariis multitudinem delenire.—A largess in money, gift, distribution: ab Antonio: plebi, Ta.: molitum, Cu.: multa, L.
    * * *
    largess for soldiers/poor; gift in grain/oil/wine/salt/money; 1 congius vessel

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  • 16 exiguus

        exiguus adj. with sup.    [2 AG-], strict, exact, scanty, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean, inadequate, inconsiderable, paltry: cor: me Corporis exigui, etc., H.: mus, V.: oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellitis: finis, H.: castra, Cs.: toga, H.: elegi, H.: copiae amicorum: cibus, Iu.: facultates, Cs.: census, H.: pulvis, a little, H.: pars aestatis, Cs.: laus: nec ulli Exiguus populo est (locus), too small for, O.: pars exiguissima, O.— As subst n., a little, trifle: exiguum campi ante castra erat, L.: exiguo adsueta iuventus, V.: temporis, O.: deterere exiguis aliquid, i. e. the remnant, Iu.
    * * *
    exigua, exiguum ADJ
    small; meager; dreary; a little, a bit of; scanty, petty, short, poor

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  • 17 levidēnsis

        levidēnsis e, adj.    [1 levis], lightly wrought, slight, poor: munusculum.
    * * *
    levidensis, levidense ADJ
    thin, slight, poor

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  • 18 macer

        macer cra, crum, adj.    [2 MAC-], lean, meagre, thin, emaciated: taurus, V.: turdos, H.: mustela, H.: me macrum reducit, makes me pine away, H. — Thin, poor, barren: solum: imago, Iu.
    * * *
    macra -um, macrior -or -us, macerrimus -a -um ADJ
    thin (men, animals, plants), scraggy, lean, small, meager; thin (soil), poor

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  • 19 mendīcus

        mendīcus adj.    with sup, beggarly, needy, in want, indigent: ex mendicis fieri divites: solos sapientīs esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites.—As subst m., a beggar, mendicant, T., C.: mendici, i. e. the priests of Cybele, H.—Poor, paltry, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum.
    * * *
    mendica, mendicum ADJ
    poor as a beggar, beggarly; paltry, pitiful

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  • 20 misellus

        misellus adj. dim.    [miser], poor, wretched, unfortunate: homo.—As subst m., a wretch, Iu.
    * * *
    misella, misellum ADJ
    poor, wretched

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  • Poor — Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Poor law — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Poor man's treacle — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Poor man's weatherglass — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Poor rate — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Poor soldier — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Poor Richard's Almanack — (sometimes Almanac ) was a yearly almanack published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of Poor Richard or Richard Saunders for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It was a best seller for a pamphlet …   Wikipedia

  • poor — [ pur ] adjective *** ▸ 1 lacking money ▸ 2 of low quality ▸ 3 not good enough ▸ 4 not skillful ▸ 5 lacking something important ▸ 6 less than expected ▸ 7 feeling sorry for someone ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) having little money and few possessions: a poor… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • poor´ness — poor «pur», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having few things or nothing; lacking money or property; needy: »The children were so poor that they had no shoes. The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb (II Samuel 12:3). 2. not good in quality;… …   Useful english dictionary

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