μικρότης
From LSJ
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
English (LSJ)
or σμικρ- (v. μικρός), ητος, ἡ,
A smallness. first in Anaxag.1, cf. Arist.Metaph.1056b29; διὰ σμικρότητα ἀόρατα Pl.Ti.43a, cf. Isoc. 4.27; of voice, Arist.de An.422b30; ἀνέμων Thphr.Vent.1: pl., μεγέθη καὶ μ. Plu.2.687e. 2 meanness, pettiness, of rank, Isoc.4.93, Arist.Pol.1302b4; of matters, Id.Rh.1393a9; of language, triviality, Longin.43.1.
