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μικροπόνηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μικροπόνηρος μικροπόνηρον

Structure: μικροπονηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wicked in small things

Examples

  • γίγνονται γὰρ οἱ μὲν ὑβρισταὶ καὶ μεγαλοπόνηροι μᾶλλον, οἱ δὲ κακοῦργοι καὶ μικροπόνηροι λίαν, τῶν δ’ ἀδικημάτων τὰ μὲν γίγνεται δι’ ὕβριν τὰ δὲ διὰ κακουργίαν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 161:2)

Synonyms

  1. wicked in small things

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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