Adjective: paucus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | paucus |
| Singular fem. | pauca |
| Singular neut. | paucum |
| Plural masc. | paucī |
| Plural fem. | paucae |
| Plural neut. | pauca |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | paucī |
| Singular fem. | paucae |
| Singular neut. | paucī |
| Plural masc. | paucōrum |
| Plural fem. | paucārum |
| Plural neut. | paucōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | paucō |
| Singular fem. | paucae |
| Singular neut. | paucō |
| Plural masc. | paucīs |
| Plural fem. | paucīs |
| Plural neut. | paucīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | paucum |
| Singular fem. | paucam |
| Singular neut. | paucum |
| Plural masc. | paucōs |
| Plural fem. | paucās |
| Plural neut. | pauca |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | paucō |
| Singular fem. | paucā |
| Singular neut. | paucō |
| Plural masc. | paucīs |
| Plural fem. | paucīs |
| Plural neut. | paucīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | pauce |
| Singular fem. | pauca |
| Singular neut. | paucum |
| Plural masc. | paucī |
| Plural fem. | paucae |
| Plural neut. | pauca |
Comparison
| Comparative | paucior |
| Superlative | paucissimus |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like paucus
scītus,
inadustus,
saevus,
commodus,
vāstus,
frāctus,
perfectus,
pecūniōsus,
scelestus,
īnfestus,
īnfirmus,
splendidus,
perītus,
iugōsus,
glōriōsus,
vulgātus,
lascīvus,
sevērus,
irritus,
facinorōsus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
4. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos
5. Proto-Italic *paukos
6. Latin paucus
7. From Proto-Italic *paukos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-kos, from *peh₂w- (“few, small”) + *-kos (whence -cus). See also Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”) for the former element. See: Gothic Adjectives '
𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃'.
Verbs referencing "paucus"
Galician Adjectives
pouco, Latin Adjectives
paulus, Asturian Adjectives
pocu, French Adjectives
paucisymptomatique.
Translations