paulo

• paullō

Adverbial ablative from paulus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpau̯.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaːu̯.lo]

paulō (not comparable)

1. a little

   Antonym: multō

   paulō maior ― a little taller

   paulō ante ― a little earlier

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.27:

     Sunt item, quae appellantur alces. Harum est consimilis capris figura et varietas pellium, sed magnitudine paulo antecedunt mutilaeque sunt cornibus et crura sine nodis articulisque habent neque quietis causa procumbunt neque, si quo adflictae casu conciderunt, erigere sese aut sublevare possunt.

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2. (rare) (without comparison) somewhat a little

• Used with comparatives or other words implying comparison.

• paululō / pauxillō (diminutives)

• paulum

paulō

1. masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of paulus