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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

  • ἔτι δὲ τοιοῦτόσ ἐστιν ὁ μικρόψυχοσ οἱο͂σ πάντα τὰ ὀλιγωρήματα καλεῖν ὕβριν καὶ ἀτιμίαν, καὶ τὰ δι’ ἄγνοιαν ἢ λήθην γιγνόμενα. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 42:3)
  • οὕτωσ ἀγεννήσ, ὦ Ὑμνί, καὶ μικρόψυχοσ εἶ; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:15)
  • χαῦνοσ δ’ ὁ μειζόνων ἀξιῶν αὑτόν, μικρόψυχοσ δ’ ὁ ἐλαττόνων· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 61:1)
  • καὶ ὃ μὲν γένοιτ’ ἂν μεγαλόψυχοσ ἀξιώσει γὰρ ὧν ἐστιν ἄξιοσ, ὁ δὲ μικρόψυχοσ, ὃσ ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ μεγάλων κατὰ τιμὴν ἀγαθῶν οὐκ ἀξιοῖ, τί ἂν ἐποίει, εἰ μικρῶν ἄξιοσ ἦν; (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 114:2)
  • ὁ δ’ ἐλαττόνων ἢ ἄξιοσ μικρόψυχοσ, ἐάν τε μεγάλων ἐάν τε μετρίων, ἐάν τε καὶ μικρῶν ἄξιοσ ὢν ἔτι ἐλαττόνων αὑτὸν ἀξιοῖ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 66:5)

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

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