Danish

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical figure).
2. A male given name, rare in this form.

Related terms

• male given names: Paul, Poul, Povl
• female given names: Paula, Pauline, Poula, Pouline

Estonian

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical character).
2. A male given name, rare in this form.

Related terms

• (male given names): Paavo, Paul
• (female given names): Paula

German

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical character).
2. A male given name, rare in this form.

Related terms

• Paul
• feminine forms: Paula, Paulina, Pauline

Latin

Alternative forms

• (cognomen) Paullus

Etymology

From paulus ‎(“small”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯.lus/, [ˈpau̯.ɫʊs]

Proper noun

Paulus m ‎(genitive Paulī); second declension

1. A cognomen of the Aemilius clan.
2. Paul (biblical character).

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• Paulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Paulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical character).
2. A male given name, rare in this form.

Related terms

• Paul, Pål
• Paula

Swedish

Proper noun

Paulus

1. Paul (biblical character).
2. A male given name, rare in this form.

Related terms

• given name: Paul
• feminine forms: Paula, Paulina

Latin

Alternative forms

• paullus

Adjective

paulus m ‎(feminine paula, neuter paulum); first/second declension

1. little, small

Usage notes

Used especially pertaining to size.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• (small): parvus

Antonyms

• (small): avidus, immānis, ingēns, magnus, vastus

Derived terms

• paulātim
• paulisper
• paulō
• paululus
• paulum
• Paulus

Related terms

• paululātim
• paululō

References

• paulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PAULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the delivery is rather halting, poor: actio paulum claudicat
    
• paulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paulus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray