μικρολογία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῐκρός (mikrós, “small, insignificant”) + -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logíā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mi.kro.lo.ɡí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mi.kro.loˈɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/
Noun
μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ • (mikrologíā) f (genitive μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- stinginess, meanness
- Synonym: φειδωλῐ́ᾱ (pheidōlíā)
- pettiness
- hairsplitting, meticulous argument
- disparagement, depreciating language
Declension
First declension of ἡ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ hē mikrologíā | τὼ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mikrologíā | αἱ μῐκρολογῐ́αι hai mikrologíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς tês mikrologíās | τοῖν μῐκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mikrologíain | τῶν μῐκρολογῐῶν tôn mikrologiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾳ têi mikrologíāi | τοῖν μῐκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mikrologíain | ταῖς μῐκρολογῐ́αις taîs mikrologíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn mikrologíān | τὼ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mikrologíā | τᾱ̀ς μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mikrologíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ mikrologíā | μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ mikrologíā | μῐκρολογῐ́αι mikrologíai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μικρολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μικρολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μικρολογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette