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μικρός

mikros

small, little

Appears 573 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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. (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.:—A. 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; σκαλαθυρμάτιʼ ἄττα μ. Id. Nu. 630, etc.: c. inf., μικροὶ δʼ 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). 2. in Quantity, σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖναι Hes. Op. 361; μέλιτος μικρόν Ar. V. 878; μ. ὄψον, ἀργυρίδιον, X. Mem. 3.14.1, Ar. Pl. 240, cf. Antiph. 44. 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; ἄριστʼ ἂν καὶ μέγας ὀρθοῖθʼ 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). II. of Time, short, Pi. O. 12.12, Ar. Pl. 126, etc.; εἰς μ. χρόνον Pl. R. 498d; ἐν μικρῷ (sc. χρόνῳ) shortly, X. Cyn. 5.32, Eq. 8.7; πρὸ μικροῦ Poll. 1.72; ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ καταλιθοβολήσουσί με LXX Ex. 17.4. 2. of Age, young, Ostr.Bodl.i237 (ii B.C.), etc. III. Adverbial usages, 1. regul. Adv. σμικρῶς, but little, Pl. Criti. 107d; μικρῶς by a little, prob. in Archim. Stom. 1: Sup. σμικρότατα X. Mem. 3.11.12. 2. σμικροῦ or μικροῦ within a little, almost, Id. Cyr. 1.4.8, D. 18.151, etc.; in full, μικροῦ δεῖν, v. δεῖ II, δέω (B) I; μικροῦ τινος ἀπελείφθη τοῦ μή . . Ach.Tat. 7.13; but μικροῦ πρίασθαι for a little, cheap, X. Mem. 2.10.4. 3. σμικρῷ by a little, with Comp., Pl. Plt. 262c, etc.; also σμικρῷ πρόσθεν a little before, Id. Lg. 719b, etc.; μικρῷ ἄνωθεν D. 44.6. 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.; σμίκρʼ ἄττα διατρίψαντες Id. Prt. 316a; μικρὰ διακινήσω σε περὶ τοῦ πράγματος Sosip. 1.22; περιπάτησον μικρὰ μετʼ ἐμοῦ Men. Sam. 243, cf. Plu. Luc. 31. 5. with Preps., a. ἐπὶ σμικρόν but a little, S. El. 414, Antipho 6.18, Hdt. 4.129. b. κατὰ μικρόν into small pieces, X. An. 7.3.22; so κατὰ μικρὰ γενομένης τῆς δυνάμεως ib. 5.6.32; also, little by little, κατὰ μικρὸν ἀεί Ar. V. 702, cf. Nu. 741; opp. συλλήβδην, Pl. R. 344a; καὶ κατὰ σμ. or μ. ever so little, Id. Sph. 241c, Isoc. 3.10, D. 2.22. 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. d. μετὰ μικρόν a little after, Ev.Matt. 26.73. 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’.)
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