μικρολογία

mikrologia

meanness, stinginess

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book VI 1
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486a5
Book VIII 1
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558b1
Hippias Major 1
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304b4
Laws 1
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Book V 1
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746e4
Theaetetus 1
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175a7

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.

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