Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μικρολόγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μικρολόγος

Structure: μικρολογ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. reckoning trifles;
  2. caring about petty expenses, penurious
  3. cavilling about trifles, captious

Examples

  • Ἀνδρὶ μικρολόγῳ οὐ καλὸσ ὁ πλοῦτοσ, καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ βασκάνῳ ἱνατί χρήματα̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:3)

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

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