κατασμικρύνω
κορυδός ἐν ἀμούσοις φθέγγεται → a lark sings amid the songless | in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
English (LSJ)
A lessen, abridge, τὴν τοῦ λόγου σεμνότητα Demetr.Eloc.44, cf. Luc. Gall.14, Porph.Sent.40:—Pass., to be made small, LXX 2 Ki.7.19; become less, Marcellin.Puls.310: metaph., M.Ant.8.36. II = κατασμικρίζω, belittle, -σμικρῦναι καὶ διαφαυλίσαι Hierocl.p.59 A., cf. Max.Tyr.22.2, Ath.8.359a, Simp.in Epict. p.102 D. III = κατακερματίζω, εἰς λεπτὰ καὶ ἀγεννῆ μόρια Max. Tyr.34.1 (Pass.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1379] kleiner, geringer machen, verkleinern, herabsetzen; Ath. VIII, 359 a; τὸ ὄνομα Luc. Gall. 14; Sp. – Pass. schwächer, kleiner werden, M. Ant. 8, 36.
