Strong G3398μικρός
small
- Transliteration
- mikros mikroteros
- Pronunciation
- mik-ros' mik-rot'-er-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Apparently a primary word including the comparative (second form);
small (in size quantity number or (figuratively) dignity): - least less little small.
small (in size quantity number or (figuratively) dignity): - least less little small.
Detailed definition
μικρός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX chiefly for קָטָן, מָעַט;]
small, little;
1. of persons;
__(a) lit., of stature: Mrk.15:40 (MM, iii, xvi; on the view that age is meant, see Deiss., BS, 144), Luk.19:3; οἱ μ., the little ones, Mat.18:6, 10 18:14, Mrk.9:42;
__(b) hence metaphorically, of rank or influence (cf. Dalman, Words, 113 f.): Mat.10:42, Luk.17:2, Act.8:10 26:22, Heb.8:11" (LXX), Rev.11:18 13:16 19:5, 18 20:12; compar., -ότερος, Mat.11:11, Luk.7:28 9:48.
2. Of things;
__(a) of size : Mat.13:32 Mrk.4:31, Jas.3:5;
__(b) of quantity: Luk.12:32, 1Co.5:6, Gal.5:9, Rev.3:8;
__(with) of time : Jhn.7:33 12:35, Rev.6:11 20:3.
3. Neut., μικρόν, used adverbially;
__(a) of distance: Mat.26:39, Mrk.14:35;
__(b) of quantity: 2Co.11:1 11:16;
__(with) of time : Jhn.13:33 14:19 16:16-19, Heb.10:37; μετὰ μ., Mat.26:73, Mrk.14:70.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קָטָן, מָעַט;]
small, little;
1. of persons;
__(a) lit., of stature: Mrk.15:40 (MM, iii, xvi; on the view that age is meant, see Deiss., BS, 144), Luk.19:3; οἱ μ., the little ones, Mat.18:6, 10 18:14, Mrk.9:42;
__(b) hence metaphorically, of rank or influence (cf. Dalman, Words, 113 f.): Mat.10:42, Luk.17:2, Act.8:10 26:22, Heb.8:11" (LXX), Rev.11:18 13:16 19:5, 18 20:12; compar., -ότερος, Mat.11:11, Luk.7:28 9:48.
2. Of things;
__(a) of size : Mat.13:32 Mrk.4:31, Jas.3:5;
__(b) of quantity: Luk.12:32, 1Co.5:6, Gal.5:9, Rev.3:8;
__(with) of time : Jhn.7:33 12:35, Rev.6:11 20:3.
3. Neut., μικρόν, used adverbially;
__(a) of distance: Mat.26:39, Mrk.14:35;
__(b) of quantity: 2Co.11:1 11:16;
__(with) of time : Jhn.13:33 14:19 16:16-19, Heb.10:37; μετὰ μ., Mat.26:73, Mrk.14:70.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3398 appears in 43 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- little23
- least6
- small6
- one5
- of3
- less2
- unto1
- while1
First verses
- Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
- Matthew 11:11Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Matthew 18:6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Matthew 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 18:14Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
- Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- Matthew 26:73And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
- Mark 4:31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
- Mark 9:42And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
- Mark 14:35And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
- Mark 14:70And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
- Mark 15:40There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
- Luke 7:28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
- Luke 9:48And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
- Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
- Luke 17:2It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
- Luke 19:3And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
- John 7:33Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
- John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μικρός
and σμῑκρός, ά, όν, Doric dialect, Ionic dialect μικκός (which see): σμικρός is corroborated by metre in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.757, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 361)], and might be restored in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.801, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.296 (μικρός codices))]; it is probably the only form in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] (μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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_)))]; most frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have σμικρός [Refs (“IG” 12.313.111, +others, μικρός [prev. work]369.10, +others)]:—small, little,
1 in Size, μ. ἔην δέμας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]: as a Comedy texts exaggeration, δικαστηρίδιον μ. πάνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 803; σκαλαθυρμάτι᾽ ἄττα μ. [prev. author] “Nu.” 630, etc.)]: with infinitive, μικροὶ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Pax” 821)]: as a term of reproach, Κλειγενὴς ὁ μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([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)]; οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι short but stoutly built, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 36; ὁ μ. δάκτυλος “SIG” 1172.4 (from Lebena).)]
2 in Quantity, σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 361; μέλιτος μικρόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 878)]; μ. ὄψον, ἀργυρίδιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
3 in Amount or Importance, petty, trivial, slight, σμ. πρόφασις [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 323)]; ἔπος, ἔγκλημα, ῥοπή, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 443, “Tr.” 361, “OT” 961, etc.)]; ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου on some slight pretext, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 620)]; ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ παρῆκεν as of small account,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 569; αἰτίας μικρᾶς πέρι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 387, etc.)]; οὐδὲ μικρόν, ={οὐδὲ γρῦ}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.37)]; of persons, of small account, opposed to μέγας, σμ. ἐν σμικροῖς, μέγας ἐν μεγάλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; βίος ὁ μ., ={μέτριος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 504)]; τίνος σμικροτάτου μεταβαλόντος, σμικρότατος τὴν δύναμιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473b)]; of the mind, οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1120)]; of style, mean, [Φίλιστος] μικρὸς ταῖς ἐκφράσεσιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 3.2)]; of festivals, of lesser importance, Ἁλίεια τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μ. [Refs (“SIG” 1067.14 (from Cedreae).)]
II of Time, short, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; ἐν μικρῷ (i.e. χρόνῳ) shortly, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (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.)]
II.2 of Age, young, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Ostr.Bodl. i237 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
III Adverbial usages,
III.1 regular adverb σμικρῶς, but little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 107d)]; μικρῶς by a little, probably in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “στομάχιον” 1)]: superlative σμικρότατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.12.)]
III.2 σμικροῦ or μικροῦ within a little, almost, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.151, etc.)]; in full, μικροῦ δεῖν, see at {δεῖ} 11, δέω (B) 1; μικροῦ τινος ἀπελείφθη τοῦ μή.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 7.13)]; but μικροῦ πρίασθαι for a little, cheap, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.4.)]
III.3 σμικρῷ by a little, with comparative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262c, etc.)]; also σμικρῷ πρόσθεν a little before, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 719b, etc.; μικρῷ ἄνωθεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.6.)]
III.4 μικρόν a little, σμικρὸν ὑπολείπεσθαι, σμ. τι παρακλίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 410a)]; of Time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
III.5 with Preps.,
III.5.a ἐπὶ σμικρόν but a little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 414, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129.)]
III.5.b κατὰ μικρόν into small pieces, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.22; so κατὰ μικρὰ γενομένης τῆς δυνάμεως [prev. work] 5.6.32)]; also, little by little, κατὰ μικρὸν ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 702, compare “Nu.” 741)]; opposed to συλλήβδην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344a)]; καὶ κατὰ σμ. or μ. ever so little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 241c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.22.)]
III.5.c παρὰ μικρόν within a little, παρὰ μ. ἐλθεῖν with infinitive, to be within an ace of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; but τὸ παρὰ μ. σῴζεσθαι to be only just saved, [Refs 6th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1371b11, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 344.10)]; gradual, imperceptible change, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a20)]; οὐδὲ παρὰ μ. ἦν κρεῖττον with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; but also παρὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, to think little of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.51, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.79.)]
III.5.d μετὰ μικρόν a little after, [NT (NT.Matt.26.73.)]
IV besides regular comparative and superlative μικρότερος, -ότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((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)]; see at {μείων. [ῑ} by nature; ῐ only in late Poetry, epigram cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phlegon Trallianus Paradoxographus “fragment” 36.17 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus])] (Perh. cf. Latin mīca, mīcidus, OHG. smāhi, ONorse smár 'little'.)
and σμῑκρός, ά, όν, Doric dialect, Ionic dialect μικκός (which see): σμικρός is corroborated by metre in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.757, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 361)], and might be restored in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.801, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.296 (μικρός codices))]; it is probably the only form in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] (μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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_)))]; most frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have σμικρός [Refs (“IG” 12.313.111, +others, μικρός [prev. work]369.10, +others)]:—small, little,
1 in Size, μ. ἔην δέμας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]: as a Comedy texts exaggeration, δικαστηρίδιον μ. πάνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 803; σκαλαθυρμάτι᾽ ἄττα μ. [prev. author] “Nu.” 630, etc.)]: with infinitive, μικροὶ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Pax” 821)]: as a term of reproach, Κλειγενὴς ὁ μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([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)]; οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι short but stoutly built, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 36; ὁ μ. δάκτυλος “SIG” 1172.4 (from Lebena).)]
2 in Quantity, σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 361; μέλιτος μικρόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 878)]; μ. ὄψον, ἀργυρίδιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
3 in Amount or Importance, petty, trivial, slight, σμ. πρόφασις [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 323)]; ἔπος, ἔγκλημα, ῥοπή, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 443, “Tr.” 361, “OT” 961, etc.)]; ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου on some slight pretext, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 620)]; ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ παρῆκεν as of small account,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 569; αἰτίας μικρᾶς πέρι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 387, etc.)]; οὐδὲ μικρόν, ={οὐδὲ γρῦ}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.37)]; of persons, of small account, opposed to μέγας, σμ. ἐν σμικροῖς, μέγας ἐν μεγάλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; βίος ὁ μ., ={μέτριος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 504)]; τίνος σμικροτάτου μεταβαλόντος, σμικρότατος τὴν δύναμιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473b)]; of the mind, οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1120)]; of style, mean, [Φίλιστος] μικρὸς ταῖς ἐκφράσεσιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 3.2)]; of festivals, of lesser importance, Ἁλίεια τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μ. [Refs (“SIG” 1067.14 (from Cedreae).)]
II of Time, short, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; ἐν μικρῷ (i.e. χρόνῳ) shortly, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (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.)]
II.2 of Age, young, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Ostr.Bodl. i237 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
III Adverbial usages,
III.1 regular adverb σμικρῶς, but little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 107d)]; μικρῶς by a little, probably in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “στομάχιον” 1)]: superlative σμικρότατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.12.)]
III.2 σμικροῦ or μικροῦ within a little, almost, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.151, etc.)]; in full, μικροῦ δεῖν, see at {δεῖ} 11, δέω (B) 1; μικροῦ τινος ἀπελείφθη τοῦ μή.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 7.13)]; but μικροῦ πρίασθαι for a little, cheap, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.4.)]
III.3 σμικρῷ by a little, with comparative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262c, etc.)]; also σμικρῷ πρόσθεν a little before, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 719b, etc.; μικρῷ ἄνωθεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.6.)]
III.4 μικρόν a little, σμικρὸν ὑπολείπεσθαι, σμ. τι παρακλίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 410a)]; of Time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
III.5 with Preps.,
III.5.a ἐπὶ σμικρόν but a little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 414, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129.)]
III.5.b κατὰ μικρόν into small pieces, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.22; so κατὰ μικρὰ γενομένης τῆς δυνάμεως [prev. work] 5.6.32)]; also, little by little, κατὰ μικρὸν ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 702, compare “Nu.” 741)]; opposed to συλλήβδην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344a)]; καὶ κατὰ σμ. or μ. ever so little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 241c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.22.)]
III.5.c παρὰ μικρόν within a little, παρὰ μ. ἐλθεῖν with infinitive, to be within an ace of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; but τὸ παρὰ μ. σῴζεσθαι to be only just saved, [Refs 6th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1371b11, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 344.10)]; gradual, imperceptible change, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a20)]; οὐδὲ παρὰ μ. ἦν κρεῖττον with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; but also παρὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, to think little of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.51, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.79.)]
III.5.d μετὰ μικρόν a little after, [NT (NT.Matt.26.73.)]
IV besides regular comparative and superlative μικρότερος, -ότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((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)]; see at {μείων. [ῑ} by nature; ῐ only in late Poetry, epigram cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phlegon Trallianus Paradoxographus “fragment” 36.17 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus])] (Perh. cf. Latin mīca, mīcidus, OHG. smāhi, ONorse smár 'little'.)