μικρότης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or σμικρ- (v. [[μικρός]]), ητος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[smallness]]. first in Anaxag.1, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1056b29</span>; διὰ σμικρότητα ἀόρατα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>43a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc. 4.27</span>; of voice, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>422b30</span>; ἀνέμων <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Vent.</span>1</span>: pl., μεγέθη καὶ μ. Plu.2.687e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[meanness]], [[pettiness]], of rank, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.93</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1302b4</span>; of matters, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1393a9</span>; of language, [[triviality]], Longin.43.1.</span>