small as

small as, as: quantŭlus alone in Cic. (not tantulus quantulus): he returned to the woman as s. an amount (or as little) as he thought proper, mulieri reddidit quantulum visum est, Cic. Div in Caecil. 17, 57: cf. id. de Div. 2, 65, 134. Horace has tantulus ... quantus: who has as s. wants as necessity obliges, qui tantuli eget quantum est opus, S. 1, 1, 59. May be expr. also by tam ... quam.