Adjective: parvus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | parvus |
| Singular fem. | parva |
| Singular neut. | parvum |
| Plural masc. | parvī |
| Plural fem. | parvae |
| Plural neut. | parva |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | parvī |
| Singular fem. | parvae |
| Singular neut. | parvī |
| Plural masc. | parvōrum |
| Plural fem. | parvārum |
| Plural neut. | parvōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | parvō |
| Singular fem. | parvae |
| Singular neut. | parvō |
| Plural masc. | parvīs |
| Plural fem. | parvīs |
| Plural neut. | parvīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | parvum |
| Singular fem. | parvam |
| Singular neut. | parvum |
| Plural masc. | parvōs |
| Plural fem. | parvās |
| Plural neut. | parva |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | parvō |
| Singular fem. | parvā |
| Singular neut. | parvō |
| Plural masc. | parvīs |
| Plural fem. | parvīs |
| Plural neut. | parvīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | parve |
| Singular fem. | parva |
| Singular neut. | parvum |
| Plural masc. | parvī |
| Plural fem. | parvae |
| Plural neut. | parva |
Comparison
| Comparative | minor; parvior |
| Superlative | minimus; parvissimus; minerrimus; minimissimus |
Sample Sentences
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prōspicit ā templō summum brevis ārea Circum,
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est ibi nōn parvae parva columna notae:
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hinc solet hastā manū bellī praenūntia mittī,
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in rēgem et gentēs cum placet arma cāpī.
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Visible from the temple [is] a short open space, [and] the summit of the Circus [Maximus]. There [stands] a small column of no small renown: From this place the custom is to hurl by hand a spear, foretelling of war against a king and his people, [when] it is proper [that] with arms [they are] to be taken.
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(With a symbolic hurling of a spear – originally into enemy territory, later within Rome itself – a fetial gave formal declaration of war.) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.205–208]
Adjectives inflected like parvus
parvus,
Etymology
From Old Latin parvos, from Proto-Italic *pauros (“few, small”) with sonority hierarchy-related metathesis, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-rós, suffixed form of *peh₂w-. Cognate with Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros), Old Armenian փոքր (pʻokʻr), and the Germanic cognates under Proto-Germanic *fawaz.
Verbs referencing "parvus"
Galician Adjectives
parvo, Portuguese Adjectives
parvo, Spanish Adjectives
parvo.
Translations