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===substantive===


<b class="b2">Something</b>: P. and V. τι (enclitic).
[[something]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] τι (enclitic).


<b class="b2">Something small</b>: P. ὀλίγον τι.
[[something small]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὀλίγον]] τι.


<b class="b2">Something of no value</b>: P. and V. [[καπνός]], ὁ (lit., <b class="b2">smoke</b>), Ar. and P. [[λῆρος]], ὁ (Dem. 36; Ar., Lys. 860), [[φλυαρία]], ἡ (Plat., ''Hipp. Maj.'' 304B).
[[something of no value]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καπνός]], ὁ (lit., [[smoke]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[λῆρος]], ὁ ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 36; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]], ''[[Lysistrata]]'' 860), [[φλυαρία]], ἡ ([[Plato]], ''Hippolytus Maj.'' 304B).


<b class="b2">Split hairs over trifles</b>: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (''Nub.'' 320).
[[split hairs over trifles]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν]] (''[[Nubes]]'' 320).


'''v. intrans.'''
===verb intransitive===


P. and V. παίζειν.
[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παίζειν]].


<b class="b2">Talk nonsense</b>: P. and V. οὐδὲν [[λέγω|λέγειν]], ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν, Ar. ὑθλεῖν.
[[talk nonsense]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[οὐδὲν λέγειν]], [[ληρεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[φλυαρεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[ὑθλεῖν]].


<b class="b2">Split hairs</b>: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.
[[split hairs]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λεπτουργεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[λεπτολογεῖν]].


<b class="b2">Trifle with, mock</b>: P. and V. παίζειν [[πρός]] (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.); see [[mock]].
[[trifle with]], [[mock]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παίζειν πρός]] (acc.), [[prose|P.]] [[προσπαίζειν]] (dat.); see [[mock]].


<b class="b2">Treat lightly</b>: P. περὶ ὀλίγου ποιεῖσθαι; see [[disregard]].
[[treat lightly]]: [[prose|P.]] [[περὶ ὀλίγου ποιεῖσθαι]]; see [[disregard]].
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