μικρολογία

mikrologia

meanness, stinginess

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2
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Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251b14
1251b24
Metaphysics 1
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Book α 1
Chapter 3 994b32–995a20

995a10
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 4 808b11–809a25

809a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

μικρολογία or σμικρ- (v. μικρός), ἡ, A. meanness, stinginess, Thphr. Char. 10, Plb. 31.27.16. II. pettiness, Pl. R. 486a, Arist. Metaph. 995a10, Plot. 1.4.7; hair-splitting, Isoc. 13.8, etc.: pl., meticulous arguments, ‘logic-chopping’, Pl. Hp.Ma. 304b; minutiae, in Art, D.H. Comp. 25. 2. disparagement, depreciating language, Isoc. 15.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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