Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μικρόψυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μικρόψυχος μικρόψυχον

Structure: μικροψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. little of soul, mean-spirited

Examples

  • "ὁ πᾶσ αὐτῶν πλοῦτοσ ηὑρέθη μετὰ τὴν ὑπ’ Ἀλεξάνδρου τῆσ πόλεωσ κατασκαφὴν ἐν ταλάντοισ τετρακοσίοισ τεσσαράκοντα, φησίν, ὅτι τε μικρόψυχοι ἦσαν καὶ τὰ περὶ τὴν τροφὴν λίχνοι, παρασκευάζοντεσ ἐν τοῖσ δείπνοισ θρῖα καὶ ἑψητοὺσ καὶ ἀφύασ καὶ ἐγκρασιχόλουσ καὶ ἀλλᾶντασ καὶ σχελίδασ καὶ ἔτνοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 301)
  • καὶ οἱ μικρόψυχοι· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 10 3:6)
  • καὶ μικρόψυχοι διὰ τὸ τεταπεινῶσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ βίου· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 13 5:1)

Related

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

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