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and σμῑκρός, ά, όν, Doric dialect, Ionic dialect μικκός (which see): σμικρός is corroborated by metre in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.757, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 361 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], and might be restored in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.801, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.296 (μικρός codices)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; it is probably the only form in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (μικρός [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.74 codices): frequently in Lyric poetry and probably always in Trag. (except where metre requires μικρός, as 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 161 (_anapaest meter_, _comparative_))] Refs 5th c.BC+]; most frequently in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus; but in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, also 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus and other Comedy texts, μικρός prevails, σμικρός being found 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.13, 7.75, 8.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 523, “V.” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have σμικρός [[ “IG” 12.313.111, +others, μικρός [prev. work]369.10, +others] Refs]:—small, little,
__1 in Size, μ. ἔην δέμας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.801; μ. λίθος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.296; κίρκον, ὅ τε σμικρῇσι φόνον φέρει ὀρνίθεσσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.757; σμ. ἄστεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5; μεγάθεϊ σμικροί [prev. author] 2.74: with Dims., μ. πολίχνιον, γῄδιον, παιδάρια, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.145, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.38, “Ages.” 1.21 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: as a Comedy texts exaggeration, δικαστηρίδιον μ. πάνυ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 803; σκαλαθυρμάτι᾽ ἄττα μ. [prev. author] “Nu.” 630, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μικροὶ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν [[ [prev. author] “Pax” 821 ] Refs]: as a term of reproach, Κλειγενὴς ὁ μικρός [[ [prev. author] “Ra.” 709, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1123b7, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 98.7; Ἀμύντας ὁ μ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311b3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι short but stoutly built, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 36; ὁ μ. δάκτυλος “SIG” 1172.4 (from Lebena). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 in Quantity, σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖναι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 361; μέλιτος μικρόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 878 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. ὄψον, ἀργυρίδιον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 240, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 44. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 in Amount or Importance, petty, trivial, slight, σμ. πρόφασις [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 323 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἔπος, ἔγκλημα, ῥοπή, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 443, “Tr.” 361, “OT” 961, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου on some slight pretext, [[ [prev. author] “OC” 620 ] Refs]; ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ παρῆκεν as of small account,[[ [prev. work] 569; αἰτίας μικρᾶς πέρι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 387, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ μικρόν, ={οὐδὲ γρῦ}, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.37 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, of small account, opposed to μέγας, σμ. ἐν σμικροῖς, μέγας ἐν μεγάλοις [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.107; ἄριστ᾽ ἂν καὶ μέγας ὀρθοῖθ᾽ ὑπὸ μικροτέρων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 161 (_anapaest meter_), etc.; σμ. τίθησί με [prev. author] “OC” 958 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βίος ὁ μ., ={μέτριος}, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 504 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνος σμικροτάτου μεταβαλόντος, σμικρότατος τὴν δύναμιν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the mind, οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of style, mean, [Φίλιστος] μικρὸς ταῖς ἐκφράσεσιν [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 3.2 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of festivals, of lesser importance, Ἁλίεια τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μ. [[ “SIG” 1067.14 (from Cedreae). ] Refs]
__II of Time, short, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 126, etc.; εἰς μ. χρόνον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 498d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μικρῷ (i.e. χρόνῳ) shortly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.32, “Eq.” 8.7; πρὸ μικροῦ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.72; ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ καταλιθοβολήσουσί με LXX.Exo.17.4. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of Age, young, [[ Ostr.Bodl. i237 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III.1 regular adverb σμικρῶς, but little, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 107d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μικρῶς by a little, probably in [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “στομάχιον” 1 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: superlative σμικρότατα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 σμικροῦ or μικροῦ within a little, almost, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.151, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; in full, μικροῦ δεῖν, see at {δεῖ} 11, δέω (B) 1; μικροῦ τινος ἀπελείφθη τοῦ μή.. [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 7.13 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; but μικροῦ πρίασθαι for a little, cheap, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 σμικρῷ by a little, with comparative, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also σμικρῷ πρόσθεν a little before, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 719b, etc.; μικρῷ ἄνωθεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.4 μικρόν a little, σμικρὸν ὑπολείπεσθαι, σμ. τι παρακλίνειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 410a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.11, etc.; repeated, μικρὸν μικρόν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 10: _plural_, of Degree, σμικρὰ γεωμετρίας ἔμπειροι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 527a, etc.; σμίκρ᾽ ἄττα διατρίψαντες [prev. author] “Prt.” 316a; μικρὰ διακινήσω σε περὶ τοῦ πράγματος 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.22; περιπάτησον μικρὰ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 243, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.5.a ἐπὶ σμικρόν but a little, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 414, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.5.b κατὰ μικρόν into small pieces, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.22; so κατὰ μικρὰ γενομένης τῆς δυνάμεως [prev. work] 5.6.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, little by little, κατὰ μικρὸν ἀεί [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 702, compare “Nu.” 741 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to συλλήβδην, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ κατὰ σμ. or μ. ever so little, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 241c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.5.c παρὰ μικρόν within a little, παρὰ μ. ἐλθεῖν with infinitive, to be within an ace of doing, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 295 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.6, etc.; παρὰ μ. ἦλθον ἀποθανεῖν [prev. author] 17.42; τὸ παρὰ μ. ὥσπερ οὐδὲν ἀπέχειν δοκεῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 197a30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τὸ παρὰ μ. σῴζεσθαι to be only just saved, [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 1371b11, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 344.10 ] Refs 6th c.AD+]; gradual, imperceptible change, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ παρὰ μ. ἦν κρεῖττον with infinitive, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.20.7; [ἡ τύχη] παρὰ μ. εἰς ἑκάτερα ποιεῖ μεγάλας ῥοπάς [prev. author] 15.6.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also παρὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, to think little of.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.51, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.79. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.5.d μετὰ μικρόν a little after, [[ NT.Matt.26.73. ] NT]
__IV besides regular comparative and superlative μικρότερος, -ότατος [[(5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 789, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 48, etc.), there are the irregular ἐλάσσων, ἐλάχιστος, from ἐλαχύς, and μείων, μεῖστος, also μειότερος] Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {μείων. [ῑ} by nature; ῐ only in late Poetry, epigram cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Phlegon Trallianus Paradoxographus “fragment” 36.17 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus]] Refs 1st c.AD+] (Perh. cf. Latin mīca, mīcidus, OHG. smāhi, ONorse smár 'little'.)
