trifle

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

something: P. and V. τι (enclitic).

something small: P. ὀλίγον τι.

something of no value: P. and V. καπνός, ὁ (lit., smoke), Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ (Dem. 36; Ar., Lysistrata 860), φλυαρία, ἡ (Plato, Hippolytus Maj. 304B).

split hairs over trifles: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (Nubes 320).

verb intransitive

P. and V. παίζειν.

talk nonsense: P. and V. οὐδὲν λέγειν, ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν, Ar. ὑθλεῖν.

split hairs: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.

trifle with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.); see mock.

treat lightly: P. περὶ ὀλίγου ποιεῖσθαι; see disregard.