μικρός
μικρός and
σμῑκρός,
ά,
όν, Dor., Ion.
μικκός (q.v.):
σμικρός is corroborated by metre in
Il. 17.757 ,
Hes. Op. 361 , and might be restored in
Il. 5.801 ,
Od. 3.296 (
μικρός codd.); it is prob. the only form in
Hdt. (
A). μικρός Hdt. 2.74 codd.): freq. in Lyr. and prob. always in Trag. (exc. where metre requires
μικρός, as
S. Aj. 161 (anap., Comp.)); most freq. in
Pl.; but in
Th., also
Ar. and other Com.,
μικρός prevails,
σμικρός being found
Th. 4.13 ,
7.75 ,
8.81 ,
Ar. Ach. 523 ,
V. 5 ; Att. Inscrr. have
σμικρός IG 12.313.111 , al.,
μικρός ib.
369.10 , al.:—
small, little,
1). in Size,
μ. ἔην δέμας Il. 5.801 ;
μ. λίθος Od. 3.296 ;
κίρκον, ὅ τε σμικρῇσι φόνον φέρει ὀρνίθεσσιν Il. 17.757 ;
σμ. ἄστεα Hdt. 1.5 ;
μεγάθεϊ σμικροί Id. 2.74 : with Dims.,
μ. πολίχνιον, γῄδιον, παιδάρια,
Isoc. 5.145 ,
X. Cyr. 8.3.38 ,
Ages. 1.21 : as a Com. exaggeration,
δικαστηρίδιον μ. πάνυ Ar. V. 803 ;
σκαλαθυρμάτῑ ἄττα μ. Id. Nu. 630 , etc.: c. inf.,
μικροὶ δ’ ὁρᾶν Id. Pax 821 : as a term of reproach,
Κλειγενὴς ὁ μικρός Id. Ra. 709 , cf.
Pl. Prt. 323d ,
Arist. EN 1123b7 ,
Alex. 98.7 ;
Ἀμύντας ὁ μ. Arist. Pol. 1311b3 ;
οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι short but stoutly built,
Philostr. Gym. 36 ;
ὁ μ. δάκτυλος SIG 1172.4 (Lebena).
3). in Amount or Importance,
petty, trivial, slight,
σμ. πρόφασις Thgn. 323 ;
ἔπος, ἔγκλημα, ῥοπή, etc.,
S. OC 443 ,
Tr. 361 ,
OT 961 , etc.;
ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου on some
slight pretext,
Id. OC 620 ;
ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ παρῆκεν as of
small account, ib.
569 ;
αἰτίας μικρᾶς πέρι E. Andr. 387 , etc.;
οὐδὲ μικρόν, =
οὐδὲ γρῦ ,
D. 19.37 ; of persons, of
small account, opp.
μέγας, σμ. ἐν σμικροῖς, μέγας ἐν μεγάλοις Pi. P. 3.107 ;
ἄριστ’ ἂν καὶ μέγας ὀρθοῖθ’ ὑπὸ μικροτέρων S. Aj. 161 (anap.), etc.;
σμ. τίθησί με Id. OC 958 ;
βίος ὁ μ., =
μέτριος ,
E. Fr. 504 ;
τίνος σμικροτάτου μεταβαλόντος, σμικρότατος τὴν δύναμιν,
Pl. R. 473b ; of the mind,
οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ S. Aj. 1120 ; of style,
mean,[
Φίλιστος] μικρὸς ταῖς ἐκφράσεσιν D.H. Vett.Cens. 3.2 ; of festivals,
of lesser importance,
Ἁλίεια τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μ. SIG 1067.14 (Cedreae).
2). of Age, young, Ostr.Bodl. i237 (ii B.C.), etc.
III). Adverbial usages,
4). μικρόν a little,
σμικρὸν ὑπολείπεσθαι, σμ. τι παρακλίνειν,
X. An. 5.4.22 ,
Pl. Cra. 410a ; of Time,
X. An. 3.1.11 , etc.; repeated,
μικρὸν μικρόν Antiph. 10 : pl., of Degree,
σμικρὰ γεωμετρίας ἔμπειροι Pl. R. 527a , etc.;
σμίκρ’ ἄττα διατρίψαντες Id. Prt. 316a ;
μικρὰ διακινήσω σε περὶ τοῦ πράγματος Sosip. 1.22 ;
περιπάτησον μικρὰ μετ’ ἐμοῦ Men. Sam. 243 , cf.
Plu. Luc. 31 .
5). with Preps.,
c). παρὰ μικρόν within a little,
παρὰ μ. ἐλθεῖν c. inf., to be
within an ace of doing,
E. Heracl. 295 (anap.), cf.
Isoc. 7.6 , etc.;
παρὰ μ. ἦλθον ἀποθανεῖν Id. 17.42 ;
τὸ παρὰ μ. ὥσπερ οὐδὲν ἀπέχειν δοκεῖ Arist. Ph. 197a30 ; but
τὸ παρὰ μ. σῴζεσθαι to be
only just saved,
Id. Rh. 1371b11 , cf.
Simp. in Ph. 344.10 ;
gradual, imperceptible change,
Arist. Pol. 1303a20 ;
οὐδὲ παρὰ μ. ἦν κρεῖττον c. inf.,
Plb. 12.20.7 ;[
ἡ τύχη] παρὰ μ. εἰς ἑκάτερα ποιεῖ μεγάλας ῥοπάς Id. 15.6.8 , cf.
Isoc. 4.59 ; but also
παρὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, to think
little of .. ,
D. 61.51 ,
Isoc. 5.79 .
IV). besides regul. Comp. and Sup.
μικρότερος, -ότατος (
Ar. Eq. 789 ,
D. Prooem. 48 , etc.), there are the irreg.
ἐλάσσων, ἐλάχιστος, from
ἐλαχύς, and
μείων, μεῖστος, also
μειότερος; v.
μείων. [ῑ by nature;
ῐ only in late Poetry, Epigr. ap.
Phleg. Fr. 36.17 J.] (Perh. cf. Lat.
mīca, mīcidus, OHG.
smāhi, ONorse
smár 'little'.)
ShortDef
small, little
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
μικρος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μικρός</span> and <span class="orth greek">σμῑκρός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ά</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, Dor., Ion. <span class="orth greek">μικκός</span> (q.v.): <span class="orth greek">σμικρός</span> is corroborated by metre in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:757" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.757/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.757 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:361/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 361 </a>, and might be restored in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:801" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.801/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.801 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:296" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.296/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.296 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">μικρός</span> codd.); it is prob. the only form in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> (<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μικρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.74 </a> codd.): freq. in Lyr. and prob. always in Trag. (exc. where metre requires <span class="foreign greek">μικρός</span>, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 161 </a> (anap., Comp.)); most freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span></span>; but in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span></span>, also <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> </span> and other Com., <span class="foreign greek">μικρός</span> prevails, <span class="foreign greek">σμικρός</span> being found <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.13 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.75/canonical-url/"> 7.75 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.81/canonical-url/"> 8.81 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:523" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:523/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 523 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 5 </a>; Att. Inscrr. have <span class="quote greek">σμικρός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.313.111 </span> , al., <span class="foreign greek">μικρός</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 369.10 </span>, al.:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">small, little</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> in Size, <span class="quote greek">μ. ἔην δέμας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:801" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.801/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.801 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. λίθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:296" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.296/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.296 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κίρκον, ὅ τε σμικρῇσι φόνον φέρει ὀρνίθεσσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:757" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.757/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.757 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σμ. ἄστεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μεγάθεϊ σμικροί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.74 </a> : with Dims., <span class="foreign greek">μ. πολίχνιον, γῄδιον, παιδάρια</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 5.145 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:3:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:3:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 8.3.38 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ages.</span> 1.21 </a>: as a Com. exaggeration, <span class="quote greek">δικαστηρίδιον μ. πάνυ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:803" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:803/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 803 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκαλαθυρμάτῑ ἄττα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:630" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:630/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 630 </a> , etc.: c. inf., <span class="quote greek">μικροὶ δ’ ὁρᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:821" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:821/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 821 </a> : as a term of reproach, <span class="quote greek">Κλειγενὴς ὁ μικρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:709" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:709/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 709 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:323d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:323d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 323d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1123b:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1123b.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1123b7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:98:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:98.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 98.7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Ἀμύντας ὁ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1311b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1311b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1311b3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">short</span> but stoutly built, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg007:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg007:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gym.</span> 36 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μ. δάκτυλος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1172.4 </span> (Lebena). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in Quantity, <span class="quote greek">σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:361/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 361 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέλιτος μικρόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:878" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:878/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 878 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὄψον, ἀργυρίδιον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:14:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:14:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.14.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:240" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:240/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 240 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 44 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in Amount or Importance, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">petty, trivial, slight</span>, <span class="quote greek">σμ. πρόφασις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 323 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἔπος, ἔγκλημα, ῥοπή</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:443/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 443 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:361/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 361 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:961" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:961/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 961 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου</span> on some <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slight</span> pretext, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:620" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:620/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 620 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ παρῆκεν</span> as of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">small</span> account, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:569" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:569/canonical-url/"> 569 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰτίας μικρᾶς πέρι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:387" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:387/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 387 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲ μικρόν,</span> = <span class="ref greek">οὐδὲ γρῦ</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.37 </a>; of persons, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">small</span> account, opp. <span class="quote greek">μέγας, σμ. ἐν σμικροῖς, μέγας ἐν μεγάλοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.107 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄριστ’ ἂν καὶ μέγας ὀρθοῖθ’ ὑπὸ μικροτέρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 161 </a> (anap.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">σμ. τίθησί με</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:958" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:958/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 958 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βίος ὁ μ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">μέτριος</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 504 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">τίνος σμικροτάτου μεταβαλόντος, σμικρότατος τὴν δύναμιν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:473b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:473b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 473b </a>; of the mind, <span class="quote greek">οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1120 </a> ; of style, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mean</span>,[ <span class="quote greek">Φίλιστος] μικρὸς ταῖς ἐκφράσεσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:3.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vett.Cens.</span> 3.2 </a> ; of festivals, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of lesser importance</span>, <span class="quote greek">Ἁλίεια τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1067.14 </span> (Cedreae). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">short</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 12.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 126 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">εἰς μ. χρόνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:498d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:498d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 498d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν μικρῷ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">χρόνῳ</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shortly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:5:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:5.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 5.32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:8:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:8.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 8.7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸ μικροῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 1.72 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ καταλιθοβολήσουσί με</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:17:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:17.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 17.4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of Age, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">young,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ostr.Bodl.</span> i237 </span> (ii B.C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adverbial usages, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> regul. Adv. <span class="foreign greek">σμικρῶς</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">but little</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:107d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:107d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 107d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μικρῶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by a little</span>, prob. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg009:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg009:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stom.</span> 1 </a>: Sup. <span class="quote greek">σμικρότατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:11:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:11:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.11.12 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">σμικροῦ</span> or <span class="foreign greek">μικροῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">within a little, almost</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.4.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:151" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:151/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.151 </a>, etc.; in full, <span class="foreign greek">μικροῦ δεῖν</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">δεῖ</span> <span class="bibl"> 11 </span>, <span class="foreign greek">δέω</span> (B) <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">μικροῦ τινος ἀπελείφθη τοῦ μή</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ach.Tat.</span> 7.13 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">μικροῦ πρίασθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for a little, cheap</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:10:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:10:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.10.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">σμικρῷ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by a little</span>, with Comp., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:262c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:262c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 262c </a>, etc.; also <span class="foreign greek">σμικρῷ πρόσθεν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a little</span> before, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:719b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:719b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 719b </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">μικρῷ ἄνωθεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg044.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg044.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 44.6 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μικρόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a little</span>, <span class="foreign greek">σμικρὸν ὑπολείπεσθαι, σμ. τι παρακλίνειν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:4:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:4:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.4.22 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:410a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:410a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 410a </a>; of Time, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.1.11 </a>, etc.; repeated, <span class="quote greek">μικρὸν μικρόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 10 </a> : pl., of Degree, <span class="quote greek">σμικρὰ γεωμετρίας ἔμπειροι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:527a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:527a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 527a </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">σμίκρ’ ἄττα διατρίψαντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:316a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:316a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 316a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μικρὰ διακινήσω σε περὶ τοῦ πράγματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0504.tlg001:1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0504.tlg001:1.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sosip.</span> 1.22 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">περιπάτησον μικρὰ μετ’ ἐμοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:243/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sam.</span> 243 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg036:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg036:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Luc.</span> 31 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> with Preps., </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>a).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ σμικρόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">but a little</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:414" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:414/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 414 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 6.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.129 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ μικρόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">into small pieces</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:3:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:3:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 7.3.22 </a>; so <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ μικρὰ γενομένης τῆς δυνάμεως</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:6:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:6:32/canonical-url/"> 5.6.32 </a>; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">little by little</span>, <span class="quote greek">κατὰ μικρὸν ἀεί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:702" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:702/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 702 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:741" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:741/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 741 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">συλλήβδην</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:344a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:344a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 344a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καὶ κατὰ σμ.</span> or <span class="foreign greek">μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ever so little</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:241c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:241c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 241c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg014.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg014.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 3.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 2.22 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ μικρόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">within a little</span>, <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ μ. ἐλθεῖν</span> c. inf., to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">within an ace</span> of doing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 295 </a> (anap.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 7.6 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">παρὰ μ. ἦλθον ἀποθανεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg005.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg005.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 17.42 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ παρὰ μ. ὥσπερ οὐδὲν ἀπέχειν δοκεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:197a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:197a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 197a30 </a> ; but <span class="foreign greek">τὸ παρὰ μ. σῴζεσθαι</span> to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">only just</span> saved, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1371b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1371b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1371b11 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:344:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:344.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Ph.</span> 344.10 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gradual, imperceptible</span> change, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1303a:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1303a.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1303a20 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲ παρὰ μ. ἦν κρεῖττον</span> c. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:20:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:20:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 12.20.7 </a>;[ <span class="quote greek">ἡ τύχη] παρὰ μ. εἰς ἑκάτερα ποιεῖ μεγάλας ῥοπάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:6:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:6:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 15.6.8 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.59 </a>; but also <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι</span>, to think <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">little</span> of .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg061.perseus-grc1:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg061.perseus-grc1:51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 61.51 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 5.79 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μετὰ μικρόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a little</span> after, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 26.73 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> besides regul. Comp. and Sup. <span class="foreign greek">μικρότερος, -ότατος</span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:789" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:789/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 789 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg062.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg062.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prooem.</span> 48 </a>, etc.), there are the irreg. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάσσων, ἐλάχιστος</span>, from <span class="foreign greek">ἐλαχύς</span>, and <span class="foreign greek">μείων, μεῖστος</span>, also <span class="foreign greek">μειότερος</span>; v. <span class="ref greek">μείων. [ῑ</span> by nature; <span class="pron greek">ῐ</span> only in late Poetry, Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phleg.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 36.17 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span></span>] (Perh. cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mīca, mīcidus</span>, OHG. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smāhi</span>, ONorse <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smár</span> \'little\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}