smallness

smallness
subs.
P. μικρότης, ἡ, σμικρότης, ἡ.
Scantiness: P. ὀλιγότης, ἡ.

SMALLNESS

parvitas: exiguitas: Or by the adjectives. Smallness of stature staturae brevitas or from the context brevitas only (Caes. B.G. 2 30).

smallness:

1. parvĭtas (rare): bonds of a sort that could not be seen owing to their s., vincula talia quae cerni non possent propter p., Cic. Tim. 13, 41: also in pl., opp. magnitudines, Gell. 1, 3, ad fin.

2. exĭguĭtas: s. of the camp, castrorum e.. Caes. B. G. 4, 30: s. (or insignificance) of pleasures, (voluptatum) e., Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: v. SCANTINESS, INSIGNIFICANCE.

3. tĕnuĭtas: s. (or slimness) of the legs, crurum t., Phaedr. 1, 12, 6: cf. t. caudae, cribri, lini, Plin. v. FINENESS, MINUTENESS, SLENDERNESS, SLIMNESS.

4. exīlĭtas: the s. of a woman's voice, e. femineae vocis, Quint. 1, 11, 1: see also MEAGRENESS, THINNESS.

5. grăcĭlĭtas (like tenuitas): g. cervicis et crurum, Suet. Cal. 50 v. SLENDERNESS.

6. brĕvĭtas: s. of stature, brevitas (sc. corporum, or perh. brevitas simply), opp. magnitudo corporum, Caes. B. G. 2, 30, fin.: v. SHORTNESS. Also = exiguitas: b. corporis, Lucr. 2, 483. (May be expr. also by adj.: v. SMALL). Phr.: s. of soul, angustiae pectoris, Cic. Pis. 11, 24: or expr. by animus angustus, parvus, pusillus.