trifle
From LSJ
Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
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, Hippias Major 304B).
split hairs over trifles: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (Nubes 320).
verb intransitive
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.
