Daphnis is short and puny, with no more beard than a woman, whilst his body is as tawny as a wolf's skin. By living, too, among his goats, he has contracted a goatish smell. And, besides, he is a mere goat-herd, so poor that he has not even enough means to keep a dog of his own.

I don't envy your puny human brain.

Within two short years, he went from being a puny child to a tall young man.

He was a puny man.