Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μικρόχωρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μικρόχωρος μικρόχωρον

Structure: μικροχωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xw/ra

Sense

  1. with little land or soil

Examples

  • ὅσα δὲ καὶ βάρβαρα καὶ ἐκτετοπισμένα καὶ μικρόχωρα καὶ διεσπασμένα, τούτων ὑπομνήματα οὔτ’ ἀσφαλῆ ἐστιν οὔτε πολλά· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 38:5)
  • τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα ἔθνη τὰ πλησίον τὰ περὶ τὸν Καύκασον λυπρὰ καὶ μικρόχωρα, τὸ δὲ τῶν Ἀλβανῶν ἔθνοσ καὶ τὸ τῶν Ἰβήρων, ἃ δὴ πληροῖ μάλιστα τὸν λεχθέντα ἰσθμόν, Καυκάσια μὲν καὶ αὐτὰ λέγοιτ’ ἄν, εὐδαίμονα δὲ χώραν ἔχει καὶ σφόδρα καλῶσ οἰκεῖσθαι δυναμένην. (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 2 30:10)

Similar forms

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

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