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μικρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μικρός μικρά̄ μικρόν

Structure: μικρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. little, small
  2. (time) short
  3. petty, trivial, insignificant

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative μικρός μικρᾱ́ μικρόν
Genitive μικροῦ μικρᾶς μικροῦ
Dative μικρῷ μικρᾷ μικρῷ
Accusative μικρόν μικρᾱ́ν μικρόν
Vocative μικρέ μικρᾱ́ μικρόν
DualN/A/V μικρώ μικρᾱ́ μικρώ
G/D μικροῖν μικραῖν μικροῖν
PluralNominative μικροί μικραί μικρά
Genitive μικρῶν μικρῶν μικρῶν
Dative μικροῖς μικραῖς μικροῖς
Accusative μικρούς μικρᾱ́ς μικρά
Vocative μικροί μικραί μικρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective μικρός μικροῦ μικρότερος μικροτεροῦ μικρότατος μικροτατοῦ
Adverb μικρώς μικρότερον μικρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μικροὶ δ’ ὁρᾶν ἄνωθεν ἦστ’. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene3)
  • ὧν οἱ μικροὶ καὶ οἱ λευκοὶ ἁπαλοί εἰσιν, ἄβρωμοι, εὔχυλοι, εὔπεπτοι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 51 2:3)
  • ἐσ ταύτην ἐμβάλλονται κλῆροι μικροί, ὅσον δὴ κυαμιαῖοι τὸ μέγεθοσ, ἐπιγεγραμμένοι. (Lucian, 84:3)
  • ἔκειντο δὲ ἐν μέσῳ καὶ μεγάλοι καὶ μικροὶ ἰχθύεσ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ θηρία συγκεκομμένα, καὶ πλοίων ἱστία καὶ ἄγκυραι, καὶ ἀνθρώπων ὀστέα καὶ φορτία, κατὰ μέσον δὲ καὶ γῆ καὶ λόφοι ἦσαν, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, ἐκ τῆσ ἰλύοσ ἣν κατέπινε συνιζάνουσα. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 31:2)
  • αὐτῶν μέντοι τῶν ὀνείρων οὔτε φύσισ οὔτε ἰδέα ἡ αὐτή, ἀλλ’ οἱ μὲν μακροὶ ἦσαν καὶ καλοὶ καὶ εὐειδεῖσ, οἱ δὲ μικροὶ καὶ ἄμορφοι, καὶ οἱ μὲν χρύσεοι, ὡσ ἐδόκουν, οἱ δὲ ταπεινοί τε καὶ εὐτελεῖσ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 34:1)

Synonyms

  1. little

  2. short

  3. petty

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