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pausillŭlus, v. pauxillulus fin. ‡† pausĭlȳpon, i, n., = παυσίλυπον (ending pain), a tomb, Inscr. Fabr. 750, n. 573.

pauxillŭlus (pausill-), a, um, adj. dim. [pauxillus], very little, very small (anteand post-class.): in libello hoc obsignato ad te attuli pauxillulo, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 16: lembus, id. Merc. 1, 2, 81: pisces, id. Rud. 4, 3, 58: poculum, id. Stich. 1, 3, 115: fames, id. ib. 1, 3, 9: vis, id. Rud. 3, 4, 24 Fleck. (al. pauxillulum): admonitiones, Gell. N. A. praef. med.

        1. (β) Subst.: pauxil-lŭlum (pausill-), n., a little: de tuis deliciis, Plaut. Truc. 5, 48.
          Absol.: reliquom pauxillulum nummorum, Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 3.
          Hence, adv.: pauxillŭlum (pausill-), a little: hanc forem pausillulum aperi, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 35; Sid. Ep. 8, 9; 2, 9.

pauxillus (pausill-), a, um, adj. dim. [paucus], little, small (mostly ante-class.): res, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 63: peccatum, Turp. ap. Non. 363, 15 (al. pausillulum): ossa pauxilla atque minuta, Lucr. 1, 836: semina, id. 3, 229.

        1. (β) Subst.: pauxillum, i, n., a little: ex pauxillo, little by little, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 8: da mihi pauxillum aquae ad bibendum, Vulg. Gen. 24, 43.
          Esp. abl.: pauxillo, by a little, a little: pauxillo prius me convenit, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 191 P.: pauxillo levius, Cels. 5, 28, n. 18.
          Adv.: pauxillum, a little, little: sed si pauxillum potes contentus esse, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73: ita ut pausillum differat a caulibus, id. Truc. 3, 2, 18: pauxillum manus conseres, ut conquiescas, Vulg. Prov. 24, 33.