paulo Latin · revision 17941

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *peh₂u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpau̯.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpaːu̯.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''paulō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''paullō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative singular neuter of [[paulus]] “little”, an ablative of degree, “by a little”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists ⟨paullus⟩ with [[paucus]] “few”, from [[ine-pro|*peh₂u-]];^(de Vaan 2008) Walde–Hofmann derived it from ⟨*pauk-slo-⟩, but de Vaan prefers Thurneysen's view that it is a diminutive ⟨*pau-re-lo-⟩ of [[parvus]] “small”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius has ''septingentī sunt paulō plūs aut minus annī … postquam inclita condita Rōma est'', “it is seven hundred years, a little more or less, since glorious Rome was founded”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Paulō'' goes with comparatives and words of time: “a little, somewhat” (''paulō post'', “a little later”, ''paulō ante'', “a little before”) and, after a negative, “by little” (''haud paulō'', “by no little”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary notes a rare use without a comparative, “somewhat”.^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “by a little”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''paulō plūs aut minus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''paulō prius vīdī exeuntem mulierem'', “a little earlier I saw a woman coming out”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''sīquaest habitior paulō'', “if a girl is a little plumper”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''haud paulō māior scrīptor Platō'', “Plato, a far greater writer”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(with comparatives and words of time)'' A [[m|en|little]], somewhat;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''paulō post'', a little later.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(after a negative)'' By little;^(OLD 2012) ''haud paulō'', by no little.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rare)'' Somewhat.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[paululō]]

+ * [[pauxillō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[paulum]]

+ * [[multō]]

+ * [[paulātim]]

+ * [[paucus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}