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|Definition=and [[σμικρός]], ά, όν, Dor., Ion. [[μικκός]] ([[quod vide|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 [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]<br><span class="bld">A</span> (μικρός [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.74 codd.): freq. in Lyr. and prob. always in Trag. (exc. where metre requires [[μικρός]], as [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|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, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''523, ''V.''5; Att. Inscrr. have σμικρός ''IG''12.313.111, al., [[μικρός]] ib.369.10, al.:—[[small]], [[little]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> 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 [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.5; μεγάθεϊ σμικροί Id.2.74: with Dims., <b class="b3">μ. πολίχνιον, γῄδιον, παιδάρια</b>, Isoc.5.145, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.3.38, ''Ages.''1.21: as a Com. exaggeration, [[δικαστηρίδιον]] μ. πάνυ Ar.''V.''803; σκαλαθυρμάτι' 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. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]''323d, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1123b7, Alex.98.7; Ἀμύντας ὁ μ. Arist. ''Pol.''1311b3; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι</b> [[short]] but [[stoutly]] built, Philostr. ''Gym.'' 36; ὁ μ. δάκτυλος ''SIG''1172.4 (Lebena).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Quantity, σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖναι Hes.''Op.''361; μέλιτος μικρόν Ar.''V.''878; <b class="b3">μ. ὄψον, ἀργυρίδιον</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.14.1, Ar.''Pl.''240, cf. Antiph.44.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in Amount or Importance, [[petty]], [[trivial]], [[slight]], σμ. πρόφασις Thgn.323; [[ἔπος]], [[ἔγκλημα]], [[ῥοπή]], etc., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''443, ''Tr.''361, ''OT''961, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου</b> on some [[slight]] pretext, Id.''OC''620; <b class="b3">ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ παρῆκεν</b> as of [[small]] account, ib.569; αἰτίας μικρᾶς πέρι [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|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 [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''161 (anap.), etc.; σμ. τίθησί με Id.''OC''958; [[βίος]] ὁ μικρός = [[μέτριος]], E.''Fr.''504; <b class="b3">τίνος σμικροτάτου μεταβαλόντος, σμικρότατος τὴν δύναμιν</b>, Pl.''R.''473b; of the [[mind]], οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|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).<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[short]], Pi.''O.''12.12, Ar.''Pl.''126, etc.; εἰς μικρὸν χρόνον Pl.''R.''498d; [[ἐν μικρῷ]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[χρόνῳ]]) [[shortly]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cynegeticus|Cyn.]]''5.32, ''Eq.'' 8.7; πρὸ μικροῦ Poll.1.72; ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ καταλιθοβολήσουσί με [[LXX]] ''Ex.''17.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of Age, [[young]], Ostr.Bodl.i237 (ii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adverbial usages,<br><span class="bld">1</span> regul. Adv. [[σμικρῶς]], [[but little]], Pl.''Criti.''107d; [[μικρῶς]] = [[by a little]], prob. in Archim.''Stom.''1: Sup. σμικρότατα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 3.11.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[σμικροῦ]] or [[μικροῦ]] [[within a little]], [[almost]], Id.''Cyr.''1.4.8, D.18.151, etc.; in full, <b class="b3">μικροῦ δεῖν</b>, v. [[δεῖ]] 11, [[δέω]] (B) 1; <b class="b3">μικροῦ τινος ἀπελείφθη τοῦ μή</b>… Ach.Tat.7.13; but μικροῦ [[πρίασθαι]] = [[for a little]], [[cheap]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.10.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[σμικρῷ]] [[by a little]], with Comp., Pl.''Plt.'' 262c, etc.; also <b class="b3">σμικρῷ πρόσθεν</b> [[a little]] before, Id.''Lg.''719b, etc.; μικρῷ ἄνωθεν D.44.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[μικρόν]] [[a little]], σμικρὸν [[ὑπολείπεσθαι]], σμ. τι [[παρακλίνειν]], X.''An.''5.4.22, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|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.<br><span class="bld">5</span> with Preps.,<br><span class="bld">a</span> [[ἐπὶ σμικρόν]] = [[but a little]], S.''El.''414, Antipho 6.18, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.129.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[κατὰ μικρόν]] = [[into small pieces]], X.''An.''7.3.22; so <b class="b3">κατὰ μικρὰ γενομένης τῆς δυνάμεως</b> ib. 5.6.32; also, [[little by little]], [[κατὰ μικρὸν]] [[ἀεί]] Ar.''V.''702, cf. ''Nu.''741; opp. [[συλλήβδην]], Pl.''R.''344a; [[καὶ κατὰ σμικρόν]] or [[καὶ κατὰ μικρόν]] = [[ever so little]], Id.''Sph.''241c, Isoc.3.10, D.2.22.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[παρὰ μικρόν]] = [[within a little]], <b class="b3">παρὰ μικρὸν ἐλθεῖν</b> c. inf., to be [[within an ace]] of doing, E.''Heracl.''295 (anap.), cf. Isoc.7.6, etc.; παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθον [[ἀποθανεῖν]] Id.17.42; τὸ παρὰ μικρὸν ὥσπερ οὐδὲν [[ἀπέχειν]] δοκεῖ Arist.''Ph.''197a30; but <b class="b3">τὸ παρὰ μικρὸν σῴζεσθαι</b> to be [[only]] [[just]] [[save]]d, Id.''Rh.''1371b11, cf. Simp. ''in Ph.''344.10; [[gradual]], [[imperceptible]] [[change]], Arist.''Pol.''1303a20; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ παρὰ μικρὸν ἦν κρεῖττον</b> c. inf., Plb.12.20.7; [ἡ τύχη] παρὰ μικρὸν εἰς ἑκάτερα ποιεῖ μεγάλας ῥοπάς Id.15.6.8, cf. Isoc.4.59; but also παρὰ μικρὸν [[ποιεῖσθαι]], [[ἡγεῖσθαι]], to [[think]] [[little]] of... D.61.51, Isoc.5.79.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[μετὰ μικρόν]] = a [[little]] [[after]], ''Ev.Matt.''26.73.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> besides regul. Comp. and Sup. [[μικρότερος]], [[μικρότατος]] (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. [[mica]], [[micidus]], OHG. smāhi, ONorse smár 'little'.)