Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σμῑκρός ‎(smīkrós) Ionic, Old Attic
• μῑκκός ‎(mīkkós) Ionic, Doric

Adjective

μῑκρός • ‎(mīkrós) m ‎(feminine μῑκρᾱ́, neuter μῑκρόν); first/second declension

1. little, small
   1. (time) short
   2. (amount) a little of
   3. (importance) petty, trivial, insignificant
   4. (time) short, brief
   5. (age) young

Inflection

Synonyms

• (small, insignificant): ἐλαχύς ‎(elakhús)
• (young): νέος ‎(néos)

References

• μικρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μικρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μικρός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «μικρός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «μικρός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• μικρός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G3398”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brief idem, page 98.
  • diminutive idem, page 225.
  • distant idem, page 240.
  • faint idem, page 302.
  • feeble idem, page 313.
  • insignificant idem, page 445.
  • jejune idem, page 462.
  • languid idem, page 475.
  • limited idem, page 492.
  • little idem, page 495.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • meagre idem, page 519.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • minor idem, page 531.
  • paltry idem, page 590.
  • petty idem, page 609.
  • puny idem, page 658.
  • remote idem, page 694.
  • short idem, page 768.
  • slender idem, page 783.
  • slight idem, page 784.
  • small idem, page 786.
  • stunted idem, page 829.
  • tiny idem, page 877.
  • trifling idem, page 895.
  • trivial idem, page 896.
  • weak idem, page 969.

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈkro̞s]
• Hyphenation: μι‧κρός

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρός ‎(mikrós, “small, insignificant”).

Adjective

μικρός • ‎(mikrós) m ‎(feminine μικρή, neuter μικρό)

1. small, little
2. short (in length)
3. young

Declension

Derived terms

• μικρούτσικος ‎(mikroútsikos, “tiny”)

Coordinate terms

• κοντός ‎(kontós, “short in height”)
• απότομος ‎(apótomos, “short conversationally”)
• λιγοστός ‎(ligostós, “short, scarce”)
• σύντομος ‎(sýntomos, “short in time”)

Antonyms

• μεγάλος ‎(megálos, “large”)

Noun

μικρός • ‎(mikrós) m ‎(plural μικροί)

1. (anatomy) little finger
2. boy

Declension

Coordinate terms

• αντίχειρας m ‎(antícheiras, “thumb”)
• δείκτης m ‎(deíktis, “forefinger”)
• μέσος m ‎(mésos, “middle finger”)
• παράμεσος m ‎(parámesos, “ring finger”)