2. cavilling about trifles, captious, Plat.
mikropolivth"
mi<Eth>kro-polivth" »i<Eth>1/4, ou, oJ , a citizen of a petty town, German Kleinstädter, Ar., Xen.
mikropovnhro"
mikro-povnhro" , on , wicked in small things, Arist.
mikroprevpeia
mi<Eth>kroprevpeia , hJ , the character of a mikroprephv" , meanness, shabbiness, Arist.
mikroprephv"
mi<Eth>kro-prephv" , ev" , ( prevpw ) petty in ones notions, mean, shabby, Arist.
mi krov", MI KRO vS, mikrov"
MI-KRO vS and smi<Eth>krov" , av, ovn , Dor. mikkov" (q.v.), small, little, in point of Size, Hom., etc.; also in point of Quantity, Hes., Ar., etc.
2. in Amount or Importance, little, petty, trivial, slight, Theogn., Soph., etc.; sm. tivqhsi me makes me of small account. Soph.; ouj smikro;n fronei` Id.
II.
of Time,
little, short,
Pind., Ar., etc.;
ejn smikrw`/
(sc.
crovnw/
)
shortly,
Xen.
III.
Adverbial usages,
1.
regul. Adv.,
smikrw`"
,
but little,
Sup.
smikrovtata
, Id.
2.
smikrou`
or
mikrou`
within a little, almost,
Id., Dem.; in full,
mikrou` dei`
or
dei`n
, v.
dei`
1:—but
mikrou` privasqai
to buy
for a little, cheap,
Xen.
3.
mikrw`/
by a little,
with the Comp., Plat.
4.
mikrovn
and
mikrav
,
a little,
Xen., Plat.
5.
with Preps.,
a.
ejpi; smikrovn
but a little,
Soph.
b.
kata; mikrovn
into small pieces,
Xen.; so,
kata; mikra; genovmenoi
Id.:—also
little by little,
kata; mikro;n ajeiv
Ar.
c.
para; mikrovn
within a little,
para; m. ejlqei`n
, c. inf., to be
within an ace
of doing, Eur.
d.
meta; mikrovn
a little
after, N.T.
IV.
besides the regul. Comp. and Sup.
mikrovtero", -ovtato"
, there are the irreg.
ejlavsswn, ejlavcisto"
, from
ejlacuv"
, and
meivwn
or
meiovtero", meiovtato"
. Hence
mikrovth"
mikrovth"
mi<Eth>krovth" or smikr- , hto", hJ , smallness: littleness, meanness, pettiness, Arist.
mikrofilotimiva
mi<Eth>krofiØloti<Eth>miva , hJ , petty ambition, Theophr. From mikrofilovtimo"
mikrofilovtimo"
mi<Eth>kro-fiØlovti<Eth>mo" , on , seeking petty distinctions, Theophr.
mikrovcwro"
mi<Eth>krov-cwro" , on , ( cwvra ) with little land or soil, Strab.
mikroyuciva