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μικρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μικρός μικρά̄ μικρόν

Structure: μικρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

little, small
(time) short
petty, trivial, insignificant

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	μικρός	μικρᾱ́	μικρόν
	Genitive	μικροῦ	μικρᾶς	μικροῦ
	Dative	μικρῷ	μικρᾷ	μικρῷ
	Accusative	μικρόν	μικρᾱ́ν	μικρόν
	Vocative	μικρέ	μικρᾱ́	μικρόν
Dual	N/A/V	μικρώ	μικρᾱ́	μικρώ
Dual	G/D	μικροῖν	μικραῖν	μικροῖν
Plural	Nominative	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

τὸ τοῦ μύστακοσ, οἶμαι, προτείνοντεσ, ὅπωσ καί περὶ τὰ μικρότατα τοὺσ νέουσ πειθαρχεῖν ἐθίζωσι. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 9 2:2)
εἶπεν "ὥστε καὶ σοὶ προσεγκαλεῖν τὰ μικρότατα τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν πλημμελημάτων ἐλέγχοντι. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 151)
ἐκεῖνο δ’ ἤδη καὶ πρὸσ τὸν περὶ θεοῦ καὶ προνοίασ, τὸ τὰ μικρότατα τῶν αἰτίων τούτοισ ἀνατιθέντα τὸ κυριώτατον ἀφαιρεῖσθαι καὶ μέγιστον. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 45 1:1)
"τύχησ μακεδονίζεισ, ἀλλ’ ἔτι σοι δεσπότησ ἐγὼ Δαρεῖοσ, εἰπέ μοι σεβόμενοσ Μίθρου τε φῶσ μέγα καὶ δεξιὰν βασίλειον, ἄρα μὴ τὰ μικρότατα τῶν Στατείρασ κλαίω κακῶν, οἰκτρότερα δὲ ζώσησ ἐπάσχομεν, καὶ μᾶλλον ἂν κατ’ ἀξίαν ἐδυστυχοῦμεν ὠμῷ καὶ σκυθρωπῷ περιπεσόντεσ ἐχθρῷ; (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 30 4:2)
καίτοι τὰ μικρότατα τῶν γενομένων τοῖσ συνήθεσι παρ’ αὐτοῦ σημεῖα μεγάλησ ὑπῆρχεν εὐνοίασ καὶ τιμῆσ· (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 41 2:1)

Synonyms

little
- τυτθός (little, small)
- τυννός (so small, so little)
- βραχύς ( short, small, little)
- παῦρος (little, small, short)
- ὀλίγος (Of small size: little, small)
- ἐλαχύς (small, short, mean)
- ἀήσυρος (light as air, small, little)
- μικρότης (smallness: littleness, meanness, pettiness)
- τυτθός (small)
- ὀλίγος (Of small amount: few, little)
short
- σύντομος ( short)
- βραχύς ( short)
- ἀκαρής ( very short)
- βραχύβιος (short-lived)
- βραχυτράχηλος (short-necked)
- βραχύπορος (with a short passage)
- Κρητικός (a short garment)
- βραχύς ( short, brief)
petty
- φλαῦρος (petty, paltry, trivial)

σμικρός ()
ὀλίγωρος (little-caring)
ὀλίγος (Of small amount)
προυπάρχω (to be beforehand in)
δυσάλωτος (hard to catch or take)
καταγράφω (to scratch away)
κατάγραφος (embroidered)
ἐπιτρέχω (to run upon or at)
ἀποδέω (to bind fast)
ὑπόμισθος (serving for pay)
ἰσχνός (dry)
ῥιζίον (a little root)
παρήκω (to have come alongside)
ποδώκεια (swiftness of foot)
ἐνακισχίλιοι (nine thousand)
φαρμακοποσία (a drinking of medicine)
ὑπεραίρω (to lift or raise up over)
ἀκαριαῖος (momentary)
ταρίχιον ()
μικρόψυχος (little of soul)
κώλυμα (a hindrance)
φιλοθεάμων (fond of seeing)
καταπίπτω (to fall or drop down)
ἀμαυρός (barely seen)
πολλοστημόριος (many times smaller)
πλημμέλημα (a fault)
λιθολόγος (one who builds with stones picked out)
διαθέω (to run about)
ἐπίσχω (to hold or direct towards)
Παναθηναϊκός (of or at the Panathenaea)

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μικρός

Sense

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little

short

petty

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μικρός

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

little

short

petty

Related

Similar forms

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