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  • 1 split hairs

    (to worry about unimportant details.) διυλίζω τον κώνωπα

    English-Greek dictionary > split hairs

  • 2 Split

    v. trans.
    Cleave: P. and V. σχίζειν, τέμνειν, διατέμνειν, P. διασχίζειν.
    Break: P. and V. καταρρηγνύναι, καταγνύναι; see Break
    Divide: P. and V. διαιρεῖν, διαλαμβάνειν; see Divide.
    Split hairs, met.: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.
    Split up small: P. κερματίζειν, κατακερματίζειν.
    V. intrans. P. and V. διίστασθαι, σχίζεσθαι.
    Split up, crack: P. and V. κατάγνυσθαι, V. ἄγνυσθαι; see Break.
    Be at variance: P. διίστασθαι, Ar. and P. στασιάζειν, V. διχοστατεῖν.
    Separate, go different ways: P. and V. διίστασθαι, χωρίζεσθαι, Ar. and P. διακρίνεσθαι.
    Split with rage, met.: Ar. and P. διαρρήγνυσθαι.
    Split
    adj.
    Cleft: P. and V. σχιστός (Plat.).
    Split in two: V. διαρρώξ, διχορραγής.
    ——————
    subs.
    Hole: Ar. and P. τρῆμα, τό.
    Chasm: P. and V. χάσμα, τό.
    met., division, variance: P. and V. στάσις, ἡ.
    Quarrel: P. and V. ἔρις, ἡ, διαφορά, ἡ.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Split

  • 3 Trifle

    subs.
    Something: P. and V. τι ( enclitic).
    Something small: P. ὀλίγον τι.
    Something of no value: P. and V. καπνός, ὁ (lit., smoke), Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ (Dem. 36; Ar., Lys. 860), φλυαρία, ἡ (Plat., Hipp. Maj. 304B).
    Split hairs over trifles: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (Nub. 320).
    ——————
    v. intrans.
    P. and V. παίζειν.
    Talk nonsense: P. and V. οὐδὲν λέγειν, ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν, Ar. ὑθλεῖν.
    Split hairs: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.
    Trifle with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.); see Mock.
    Treat lightly: P. περὶ ὀλίγου ποιεῖσθαι; see Disregard.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Trifle

  • 4 hair

    [heə] 1. noun
    1) (one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin: He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.) τρίχα
    2) (the mass of these, especially on a person's head: He's got brown hair.) μαλλιά
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    - - haired
    - hairy
    - hairiness
    - hair's-breadth
    - hair-breadth
    - hairbrush
    - haircut
    - hair-do
    - hairdresser
    - hairdressing
    - hair-drier
    - hairline
    - hair-oil
    - hairpin     2. adjective
    ((of a bend in a road) sharp and U-shaped, especially on a mountain or a hill.) κλειστή στροφή(σαν φουρκέτα)
    - hairstyle
    - keep one's hair on
    - let one's hair down
    - make someone's hair stand on end
    - make hair stand on end
    - not to turn a hair
    - turn a hair
    - split hairs
    - tear one's hair

    English-Greek dictionary > hair

  • 5 Hair

    subs.
    Single hair: P. and V. θρίξ, ἡ.
    Collectively, hair of the head: P. and V. θρίξ, ἡ, or pl., κόμη, ἡ (Plat. but rare P.), V. ἔθειρα, ἡ, or pl., χαίτη, ἡ, τρίχωμα, τό; see also Beard.
    Hair of animals, mane: P. and V. χαίτη, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.), V. ἔθειρα, ἡ.
    Made of hair, adj.: P. τρίχινος.
    Let the hair grow, v.: Ar. and P. κομᾶν.
    With long hair, adj.: Ar. and P. κομήτης.
    Having his hair just streaked with white: V. χνοάζων ἄρτι λευκανθὲς κάρα (Soph., O.R. 742).
    Down, subs.: see Down.
    Lock of hair: see Lock.
    Split hairs, v.: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. στενολεσχεῖν, λεπτολογεῖν.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Hair

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  • split hairs —    If people split hairs, they concentrate on tiny and unimportant details to find fault with something.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you split hairs, you pay too much attention to differences that are very small or unimportant.     …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • split hairs — 1. noun Tedious details; minutiae. The Microsoft trial had been in danger of slipping out of the public eye. Its endless procession of less than riveting economics professors and forgetful executives, mixed with scads of legal and technical split …   Wiktionary

  • split hairs — {v. phr.} To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. * /John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant./ * /Don t split hairs about whose turn… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • split hairs — {v. phr.} To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. * /John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant./ * /Don t split hairs about whose turn… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • split\ hairs — v. phr. To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant. Don t split hairs about whose turn it is to… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • split hairs — be very fussy, notice small differences    Clyde likes to work on research that requires him to split hairs …   English idioms

  • split hairs — make unnecessary distinctions He makes a lot of good points but he also has a tendency to split hairs and waste a lot of our time …   Idioms and examples

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