little
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
few: P. and V. ὀλίγος, Ar. and V. παῦρος, βαιός.
little or nothing: P. μικρὰ καὶ οὐδέν (Dem. 260).
young: P. and V. νήπιος, V. τυτθός; see young.
mean, petty: P. and V. φαῦλος.
adverb
with comparatives: P. and V. μικρῷ, σμικρῷ, Ar. and P. ὀλίγῳ.
a little: P. and V. ὀλίγον, μικρόν, σμικρόν, V. βαιόν.
hardly at all: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις.
moderately: P. and V. μέσως, μετρίως; see slightly.
little by little: Ar. and P. κατὰ μικρόν, P. κατ' ὀλίγον, κατὰ βραχύ.
within a little, nearly: Ar. and P. ὀλίγου, P. ὀλίγοῦ δεῖν, μικροῦ.
be within a little of: P. εἰς ὀλίγον ἀφικνεῖσθαι (infin.), παρὰ μικρὸν ἔρχεσθαι (infin.); see under ace.
think little of: P. ὀλιγωρεῖν (gen.); see despise.
not a little: P. and V. οὐχ ἥκιστα.
