parumper

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of parum (“a little”) +‎ -per (“through”), originally a postpositional phrase.

Adverb

parumper (not comparable)

  1. briefly, for a short while, for a moment
  2. quickly

References
  • “parumper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “parumper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • parumper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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