μικρός: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=μῑκρός, ανδ σμῑκρός, ή, όν<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[small]], [[little]], in [[point]] of Size, Hom., etc.; also in [[point]] of Quantity, Hes., Ar., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in Amount or Importance, [[little]], [[petty]], [[trivial]], [[slight]], Theogn., Soph., etc.; σμ. τίθησι με makes me of [[small]] [[account]]. Soph.; οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[Time]], [[little]], [[short]], Pind., Ar., etc.; ἐν σμικρῷ (sc. χρόνῳ) [[shortly]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Adverbial usages,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> regul. adv., [[σμικρῶς]], but [[little]], Sup. σμικρότατα, Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> σμικροῦ or μικροῦ [[within]] a [[little]], almost, Xen., Dem.; in [[full]], μικροῦ δεῖ or [[δεῖν]], v. δεῖ II:—but μικροῦ [[πρίασθαι]] to buy for a [[little]], [[cheap]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> μικρῷ by a [[little]], with the comp., Plat.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> μικρόν and μικρά, a [[little]], Xen., Plat.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> with Preps.,<br />a. ἐπὶ σμικρόν but a [[little]], Soph.<br />b. κατὰ μικρόν [[into]] [[small]] pieces, Xen.; so, κατὰ μικρὰ γενόμενοι Xen.:— also [[little]] by [[little]], κατὰ μικρὸν ἀεί Ar.<br />c. παρὰ μικρόν [[within]] a [[little]], παρὰ μ. [[ἐλθεῖν]], c. inf., to be [[within]] an ace of doing, Eur.<br />d. μετὰ μικρόν a [[little]] [[after]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> [[besides]] the regul. comp. and Sup. μικρότερος, -ότατος, [[there]] are the irreg. [[ἐλάσσων]], [[ἐλάχιστος]], from [[ἐλαχύς]], and [[μείων]] or [[μειότερος]], [[μειότατος]].