perpauci

Latin

Noun

perpaucī m pl (genitive perpaucōrum); second declension

  1. very few
    Synonym: pauci
    Antonyms: complures, plūrimus, plērusque
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.6:
      […] : ūnum per Sēquanōs, angustum et difficile inter mōntem Iūram et flūmen Rhodanum, vix quā singulī carrī dūcerentur; mōns autem altissimus impendēbat, ut facile perpaucī prohibēre possent; […] .
      [They had two possible routes]: one through the Sequani, a narrow and difficult [passage] between Mount Jura and the Rhone River, where single carts could scarcely be led; moreover, a very high mountain hung over it, so that a very few [men] could easily prevent passage; […] .

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative perpaucī
genitive perpaucōrum
dative perpaucīs
accusative perpaucōs
ablative perpaucīs
vocative perpaucī

Adjective

perpaucī

  1. inflection of perpaucus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

  • perpauci in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “perpauci”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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