Lewis & Short

per-paulus, a, um, adj., very little.

  1. I. As subst.: perpaulum, i, n., a very little: loci, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 150.
  2. II. Adv.: per-paulum, a very little indeed: declinare, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19.