I.adj. dim. [id.], poor (not in Cic.): “senex,” Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 49: “anus,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 44: “sumus pauperculi,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 33; Varr. R. R. 1, 17: “mater,” Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 46: “vidua,” Vulg. Luc. 21, 2.—Of things: “res nostrae sunt, pater, pauperculae,” Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 17.
paupercŭlus , a, um,