Latin

Adjective

exiguus m ‎(feminine exigua, neuter exiguum); first/second declension

1. strict, exact
2. paltry, inadequate

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• exiguē
• exiguō
• exiguum

Descendants

• English: exiguous
• French: exigu, exiguë
• Italian: esiguo
• Spanish: exiguo, exigua
• Portuguese: exíguo, exígua

Noun

exiguus m ‎(genitive exiguī); second declension

1. a poor man

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• exigō

See also

• exīlis

References

• exiguus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exiguus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• EXIGUUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “exiguus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • for a short time: brevis or exigui temporis
    
  • to start from small beginnings: ab exiguis initiis proficisci
    
  • little money: pecunia exigua or tenuis
    
  • a small force: exiguae copiae (Fam. 3. 3. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) for a short time: ad exiguum tempus
    
  • (ambiguous) to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare