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(insignificance)

  • 1 insignificance

    noun ασημαντότητα

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  • 2 Insignificance

    subs.
    P. βραχύτης,

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  • 3 insignificance

    ασημαντότητα

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  • 4 insignificant

    [insiɡ'nifikənt]
    (of little value or importance; not significant: They paid me an insignificant sum of money; an insignificant person.) ασήμαντος

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  • 5 Sink

    v. trans.
    Sink ( a ship): Ar. and P. καταδύνειν.
    Put an end to: Ar. and P. διαλύειν, καταλύειν; see End.
    Let down: P. and V. καθιέναι.
    Dig: P. and V. ὀρύσσειν, σκάπτειν.
    Make to incline: V. καταρρέπειν, P. and V. κλίνειν.
    V. intrans.
    Subside, settle down: P. ἱζάνειν.
    Sink under the earth: P. δύεσθαι κατὰ τῆς γῆς (Plat., Phaedo, 112C).
    Of the sun: P. and V. δύεσθαι, δύνειν; see Set.
    Of a ship: Ar. and P. καταδύεσθαι, V. βάπτειν (Eur., Or. 707).
    Incline downwards: P. and V. ῥέπειν.
    met., be weighed down: P. and V. πιέζεσθαι, βαρύνεσθαι.
    Fall: P. and V. πίπτειν, καταπίπτειν (Eur., Cycl.), V. πίτνειν.
    Fail in strength: V. προλείπειν; see Fail.
    Already she is sinking and like to die: V. ἤδη προνωπής ἐστι καὶ ψυχορραγεῖ (Eur., Alc. 143).
    His head sinks back: V. ὑπτιάζεται κάρα (Soph., Phil. 822).
    I sink backwards into the arms of my maidens and swoon away: V. ὑπτία δε κλίνομαι... πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι (Soph., Ant. 1188).
    She sinks back with trembling limbs: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ τρέμουσα κῶλα (Eur., Med. 1168).
    Of ground dipping: see under Dip.
    Fall away: P. and V. διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν; see Fade.
    Deteriorate: P. ἀποκλίνειν, ἐκπίπτειν; see Degenerate.
    Sink into inaction: P. ἐπὶ τὸ ῥᾳθυμεῖν ἀποκλίνειν (Dem. 13).
    Sunk in (met.): use P. and V. μεστός (gen.); see Full of (Full).
    Be sunk in love: V. ἐντήκεσθαι τῷ φιλεῖν (Soph. Trach. 463); see absorbed in.
    Be sunk in ignorance P. ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ μολύνεσθαι (Plat., Rep. 535E).
    Sink into, be instilled into, met.: P. καταδύεσθαι εἰς (acc.), V. ἐντήκεσθαι (dat.).
    Sink into insignificance: P. ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ εἶναι.

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