on a small pretext

From LSJ

εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν χειροτονεῖτε τοὺς ταξιάρχους καὶ τοὺς φυλάρχους, οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον → you elect taxiarchs and phylarchs for the marketplace not for war

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου