paucus
Paucus is a Latin adjective meaning "few, scarce, scanty" and is used in classical Latin to describe small numbers or amounts. It conveys a sense of limited quantity and appears in phrases that express brevity or scarcity, such as in paucis diebus or in paucis annis, meaning "in a few days" or "in a few years."
In Latin, paucus declines as a first/second-declension adjective: paucus, pauca, paucum, with plural forms pauci, paucae,
Modern English usage of paucus is rare outside of quotations or scholarly discussion of Latin grammar. The
See also: paucity, pauci- (prefix), paucitas, Latin grammar.