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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

εὐλόγησε τοὺσ φοβουμένουσ τὸν Κύριον, τοὺσ μικροὺσ μετὰ τῶν μεγάλων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 113:21)
πιάσατε ἡμῖν ἀλώπεκασ μικροὺσ ἀφανίζοντασ ἀμπελῶνασ, καὶ αἱ ἄμπελοι ἡμῶν κυπρίζουσιν. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 2:15)
Ἐθηρεύσαμεν μικροὺσ ἡμῶν τοῦ μὴυ προεύεσθαι ἐν ταῖσ πλατείαισ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Lamentationes 4:18)
φαλλοὺσ Ἕλληνεσ Διονύσῳ ἐγείρουσιν, ἐπὶ τῶν καὶ τοιόνδε τι φέρουσιν, ἄνδρασ μικροὺσ ἐκ ξύλου πεποιημένουσ, μεγάλα αἰδοῖα ἔχοντασ· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 16:5)
τοὺσ μέντοι τοῦ ἄλλου πλήθουσ, οἱο͂ν γυμναστάσ τινασ ἢ κόλακασ, ἰδιώτασ καὶ μικροὺσ τὰσ γνώμασ καὶ ταπεινοὺσ αὐτόθεν ἀνθρώπουσ, οὔτε ἀποτρέπειν ἄξιον τῶν τοιούτων συνουσιῶν, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν πεισθεῖεν, οὔτε μὴν αἰτιᾶσθαι καλῶσ ἔχει μὴ ἀπολειπομένουσ τῶν μισθοδοτῶν εἰ καὶ πάνυ πολλὰ ὑβρίζοιντο ὑπ’ αὐτῶν, ἐπιτήδειοι γὰρ καὶ οὐκ ἀνάξιοι τῆσ τοιαύτησ διατριβῆσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 4:4)

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 ()
ὀλίγος (Of small amount)
ὀλίγωρος (little-caring)
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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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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