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μικροκίνδυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μικροκίνδυνος μικροκίνδυνον

Structure: μικροκινδυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. exposing oneself to danger for trifles

Examples

  • οὐκ ἔστι δὲ μικροκίνδυνοσ οὐδὲ φιλοκίνδυνοσ διὰ τὸ ὀλίγα τιμᾶν, μεγαλοκίνδυνοσ δέ, καὶ ὅταν κινδυνεύῃ, ἀφειδὴσ τοῦ βίου ὡσ οὐκ ἄξιον ὂν πάντωσ ζῆν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 83:2)

Synonyms

  1. exposing oneself to danger for trifles

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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