"μικρός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μικρός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /miː.krós/, /miˈkros/, /miˈkros/, /miː.krós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /miˈkros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈkros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈkros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈkros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyg-, *(s)mēyg- (“small, thin, delicate”), thereby cognate with e.g. Old English smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, tasteful”), whence modern English smicker; compare also German mickrig. However this etymology leaves the /k/ of the Greek forms unexplained. Beekes argues for Pre-Greek origin on the basis of variation between initial /m/ and /sm/, as well as the variant forms μικός (mikós) and μικκός (mikkós). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|der|unc|ine-pro>*mey->little|id=small}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*mey-|*(s)meyg-, *(s)mēyg-|small, thin, delicate}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyg-, *(s)mēyg- (“small, thin, delicate”), {{cog|ang|smicor||beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, tasteful}} Old English smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, tasteful”), {{cog|en|smicker}} English smicker, {{cog|de|mickrig}} German mickrig, {{der|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|μῑκρός|μῑκρᾱ́|comp=μῑκρότερος, ἐλάσσων, μείων|dial=att|super=μῑκρότᾰτος, ἐλάχιστος, μεῖστος}} Forms: μῑκρός [canonical], mīkrós [romanization], μῑκρᾱ́ [feminine], μῑκρόν [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], μῑκρός [masculine, nominative, singular], μῑκρᾱ́ [feminine, nominative, singular], μῑκρόν [neuter, nominative, singular], μῑκρώ [dual, masculine, nominative], μῑκρᾱ́ [dual, feminine, nominative], μῑκρώ [dual, neuter, nominative], μῑκροί [masculine, nominative, plural], μῑκραί [feminine, nominative, plural], μῑκρᾰ́ [neuter, nominative, plural], μῑκροῦ [genitive, masculine, singular], μῑκρᾶς [feminine, genitive, singular], μῑκροῦ [genitive, neuter, singular], μῑκροῖν [dual, genitive, masculine], μῑκραῖν [dual, feminine, genitive], μῑκροῖν [dual, genitive, neuter], μῑκρῶν [genitive, masculine, plural], μῑκρῶν [feminine, genitive, plural], μῑκρῶν [genitive, neuter, plural], μῑκρῷ [dative, masculine, singular], μῑκρᾷ [dative, feminine, singular], μῑκρῷ [dative, neuter, singular], μῑκροῖν [dative, dual, masculine], μῑκραῖν [dative, dual, feminine], μῑκροῖν [dative, dual, neuter], μῑκροῖς [dative, masculine, plural], μῑκραῖς [dative, feminine, plural], μῑκροῖς [dative, neuter, plural], μῑκρόν [accusative, masculine, singular], μῑκρᾱ́ν [accusative, feminine, singular], μῑκρόν [accusative, neuter, singular], μῑκρώ [accusative, dual, masculine], μῑκρᾱ́ [accusative, dual, feminine], μῑκρώ [accusative, dual, neuter], μῑκρούς [accusative, masculine, plural], μῑκρᾱ́ς [accusative, feminine, plural], μῑκρᾰ́ [accusative, neuter, plural], μῑκρέ [masculine, singular, vocative], μῑκρᾱ́ [feminine, singular, vocative], μῑκρόν [neuter, singular, vocative], μῑκρώ [dual, masculine, vocative], μῑκρᾱ́ [dual, feminine, vocative], μῑκρώ [dual, neuter, vocative], μῑκροί [masculine, plural, vocative], μῑκραί [feminine, plural, vocative], μῑκρᾰ́ [neuter, plural, vocative], μῑκρῶς [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], μῑκρότερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], ἐλάσσων [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], μείων [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], μῑκρότᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative], ἐλάχιστος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative], μεῖστος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. little, small
    (amount) a little of
    Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-μικρός-grc-adj-FJkK~47X Disambiguation of Size: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 48 22 23 7
  2. little, small
    (importance) petty, trivial, insignificant
    Categories (topical): Size Synonyms (small, insignificant): ἐλαχύς (elakhús)
    Sense id: en-μικρός-grc-adj-yAgV8YFI Disambiguation of Size: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of 'small, insignificant': 9 74 9 9
  3. little, small
    (time) short, brief
    Categories (topical): Time, Size
    Sense id: en-μικρός-grc-adj-z7Vu8EQP Disambiguation of Size: 25 25 25 25 Topics: time
  4. little, small
    (age) young
    Categories (topical): Size Synonyms (young): νέος (néos)
    Sense id: en-μικρός-grc-adj-pNFFNtDE Disambiguation of Size: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of 'young': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: σμῑκρός (smīkrós) [Ionic], Old Attic, μῑκκός (mīkkós) [Doric], Boeotian Derived forms: μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ (mīkrologĭ́ā)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "μῑκρέ",
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "μῑκρότερος",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
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      "form": "ἐλάσσων",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "μῑκρότᾰτος",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
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      "ipa": "/miˈkros/"
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      "ipa": "/miː.krós/",
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      "ipa": "/miˈkros/",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "elakhús",
      "sense": "small, insignificant",
      "word": "ἐλαχύς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "néos",
      "sense": "young",
      "word": "νέος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "smīkrós",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "σμῑκρός"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old Attic"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mīkkós",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μῑκκός"
    },
    {
      "word": "Boeotian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μικρός"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: μικρός/Ancient Greek 'Number' base_tags={'i', 'd', 'l', 'c', 'o', 't', 'e', '-', 'A', 'n', '2', 's'}",
  "path": [
    "μικρός"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "μικρός",
  "trace": ""
}

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