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1 μικρός
μικρός, ά, όν (‘small’ Hom.+) comp. μικρότερος, έρα, ον① pert. to a relatively limited size, measure, or quantity, small, shortⓐ of stature Lk 19:3. Perh. also Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός (ὁ μ. after a person’s name: Aristoph., Ran. 708; X., Mem. 1, 4, 2; Aristot., Pol. 5, 10 p. 1311b, 3; Diog. L. 1, 79 of a ‘younger’ Pittacus; Sb 7576, 6 [I A.D.]; 7572, 10 [II A.D.]) Mk 15:40 (s. Ἰάκωβος 3). This pass. may possibly belong toⓑ of age. Subst.: the little one, the child (ὁ μικρός Menand., Sam. 39f; PLond 893, 7 [40 A.D.]; PFay 113, 14. ἡ μικρά PLond III, 899, 6 p. 208 [II A.D.]) Mt 18:6, 10, 14.—For the designation of all the members of a group as μικροὶ κ. μεγάλοι, etc. cp. μέγας 1d: Ac 8:10; 26:22; Hb 8:11 (Jer 38:34); Rv 11:18; 13:16; 19:5, 18; 20:12.ⓒ of distance. Adv.: a short distance, a little way (X., Cyr. 1, 2, 15; Dionys. Byz. §8 and 13) προελθὼν μικρόν (Ps.-Demetr. 226) Mt 26:39; Mk 14:35.ⓓ of timeα. adj. short, of time χρόνον μικρόν (Pla., Rep. 6, 498d; Ael. Aristid. 34 p. 661 D.; Is 54:7) J 7:33; cp. 12:35; Rv 6:11; 20:3.β. adv. a short time, a little while (Jos., Ant. 4, 159; 8, 405) J 13:33 (cp. Job 36:2); Hs 9, 4, 4; 9, 5, 1 (v.l.). μικρόν for a moment (Menand., Epitr. 474 J.=538 Kö.; JosAs 15:14; ParJer 2:9; cp. πρὸς μ. μ. ‘little by little’ GrBar 7:3) Hv 4, 1, 6. μετὰ μικρόν after a short while (Just., D. 56, 17; Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 1, 2 Jac.; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 15, 3; Synes., Dio 1 p. 234, 5 NTerzaghi [’44]) Mt 26:73; Mk 14:70. (ἔτι) μικρὸν καί … in a little while, lit. ‘yet a little while, and’= soon (Ex 17:4; Jer 28:33; Hos 1:4; TestJob 24:1) J 14:19; 16:16–19. ἔτι μ. ὅσον ὅσον = soon Hb 10:37; 1 Cl 50:4 (both Is 26:20; s. B-D-F §127, 2; 304; Rob. 733).ⓔ of mass or compass relative to thingsα. small (X., Mem. 3, 14, 1 μ. ὄψον; TestAbr B 8 p. 112, 20 [Stone p. 72] πύλη; ApcSed 11:3 μ. κτίσμα; ViIs, ViEzk, ViHab, ViJer, et al. 3 [p. 69, 7 Sch.] ὕδωρ; Just., A I, 19, 1 ῥανίς) μικρότερον πάντων τ. σπερμάτων the smallest of all seeds Mt 13:32; Mk 4:31 (s. σίναπι.—Alex. Aphr., An. II 1 p. 20, 14 οὐδὲν κωλυθήσεται τὸ μέγιστον ἐν τῷ μικροτάτῳ γενέσθαι σώματι). μικρὰ ζύμη a little (bit of) leaven 1 Cor 5:6; Gal 5:9. Of the tongue μικρὸν μέλος a small member Js 3:5 (cp. Eur., Fgm. TGF 411).β. subst. neut. (τὸ) μικρόν what is insignificant, small τὸ μ. τηρεῖν 2 Cl 8:5 (apocr. saying of Jesus). μικρὰ φρονεῖν περί τινος think little of someth. 2 Cl 1:1f (μικρὸν φρονεῖν Soph., Aj. 1120; Plut., Mor. p. 28c).—Pl. insignificant things, trifles (Aelian, VH 2, 27) μικρὰ κατʼ ἀλλήλων ἔχειν have trifling complaints against each other Hs 8, 10, 1b.γ. subst. neut. a little μικρόν τι (Diod S 1, 74, 1; Ael. Aristid. 48, 37 K.=24 p. 474 D.; UPZ 70, 3 [152/151 B.C.]; cp. Just., D. 115, 6 ἓν δὲ μ. ὁτιοῦν) a little 2 Cor 11:16. μ. τι ἀφροσύνης vs. 1 (Procop. Soph., Ep. 80 μοὶ μικρὸν δίδου νεανιεύεσθαι). παρὰ μικρόν (Isocr. 19, 22; Dionys. Byz. §3 and 50; Ps 72:2; Ezk 16:47; PsSol 16:1; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 270) except for a little, nearly Hs 8, 1, 14. κατὰ μικρόν in brief (Galen XIX p. 176 K.: Lucian, Catapl. 17, De Merc. Cond. 35) 1:5. μικροῦ δεῖν early, almost AcPl Ha 3, 34 (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 168 al.).ⓕ small in number (Gen 30:30; 47:9) τὸ μικρὸν ποίμνιον Lk 12:32.② pert. to being of little import, unimportant, insignificantⓐ of pers. lacking in importance, influence, power, etc. εἷς τῶν μικρῶν τούτων one of these humble folk (disciples? so Goodsp.) Mt 10:42; Mk 9:42 (Kephal. I 189, 6–19; 201, 30 interprets ‘the little ones who believe’ as catechumens. But the Gk. word μικρός is not found in the Coptic text); Lk 17:2. OMichel, ‘Diese Kleinen’, e. Jüngerbezeichnung Jesu: StKr 108, ’37/38, 401–15. ὁ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρανῶν the one of least importance in the Kingdom of Heaven (but FDibelius, ZNW 11, 1910, 190–92 and OCullmann, ConNeot 11, ’47, 30 prefer ‘youngest’, and refer it to Christ) Mt 11:11; cp. Lk 7:28. ὁ μικρότερος ἐν πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ὑπάρχων the one who is least among you all 9:48.ⓑ small, insignificant (Ath. 23, 3 δόξαι) δύναμις Rv 3:8. μισθός 2 Cl 15:1b (cp. a: μ. συμβουλία). ἐπιθυμίαι Hs 8, 10, 1a.③ the state of being small, smallness subst. neut. ἐκ μικροῦ αὐξῆσαι Mt 20:28 D.—B. 880. M-M. TW. -
2 ὑπόβραχυς
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3 ὀλίγος
A little, small, freq. in Hom., rarer later, opp.μέγας, σάκος Il.14.376
;κῦμα Od.10.94
, etc. ; ὀλίγῃ ὀπί with small, low voice, 14.492 ; of stature, 9.515 ;ὀ. κῶρος Theoc.1.47
;οὐκ ὀλίγης αἷμα βοὸς κέχυται Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.85
; of Space,ὀ. χῶρος Il.10.161
, etc. ; of Time,χρόνος 19.157
,23.418, Pi. N.7.38, etc. ;ἐν βραχεῖ κὠλίγῳ χρόνῳ S.Fr. 646
(cf. IV. 3).2 sts. in a sense between that of Size and Quantity,ὀ. δόσις Od.6.208
; not copious,Hp.
Epid.1.2 ; ὑποστάσιες ὀλίγαι slight sediments, ib.17 ; ὀ. καὶ οὐδέν little or nothing, Pl.Ap. 23a ;οὐδὲν ἢ ὀ. Arist.PA 651b17
.3 of Degree, ὀ. καὶ μέγας of low and high degree, Callin.1.17.II of Number, few, or of Quantity, little, not in Hom., freq. in [dialect] Att., Ar.Av. 1417, Eq. 717, etc., but rare in Trag., asὀλίγα κακά A.Pers. 330
.—The governing body in Oligarchies and the oligarchical party in Democracies was called οἱ ὀ., Th.6.38,8.9, etc. ; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεία, αἱ διὰ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεῖαι, Pl.Plt. 291d, D.60.25 ;ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀ. μέσον Pl.Plt. 303a
.2 c. inf., ὀλίγους.. στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλεῖν too few to engage.., Hdt.6.109, cf. 7.207 ;μὴ.. αἱ σφέτεραι δέκα νῆες ὀλίγαι ἀμύνειν ὦσιν Th.1.50
.III neut. ὀλίγον as Adv., a little, slightly, little, with Verbs,ὀ. παρακλίνας Il.23.424
, cf. 11.52, 12.452 ; ;ὀ. τοῦ ποιήματος προελθών Pl.Prt. 339d
: also neut. pl.,ἠκροβολίσαντο ὀλίγα Th.3.73
.2 with comp. Adjs.,ὀλίγον προγενέστερος Il.23.789
;ὀ. ἧσσον Od.15.365
;στιβαρώτερον οὐκ ὀ. περ 8.187
;φέρτερος οὐκ ὀ. περ Il.19.217
; ὀ. τι πρότερον, v.l. for ὀλίγῳ, Hdt.4.79,81, cf. Pl.Plt. 262b, etc. ;ὀ. ὕστερον Id.Grg. 454b
, etc. ; but ὀλίγῳ is more freq. in Prose, Hdt. ll.cc. (with v.l.), 7.113, al., Pl.Grg. 460c, R. 327c, etc.IV special Phrases:1 ὀλίγου δεῖν almost (v. δεῖ II); ὀλίγου ἐδέησε καταλαβεῖν wanted but little of overtaking, Hdt.7.10.γ' : hence ὀλίγου alone, within a little, allbut, almost,ὀλίγου σεκύνες διεδηλήσαντο Od.14.37
, cf. Ar.Ach. 348, 381,Nu. 722, Lys.14.17, Pl.Prt. 361b, D.19.334, etc. ;ὀ. ἅπαντες Pl.Ap. 22b
;ὀ. ἐς χιλίους
close upon1
, 000, Th.4.124 ; ὀ. ἦλθεν ἑλεῖν (v. infr. 9) Paus.1.13.6.2 at a short distance,E.
Ph. 1098, Th.2.89,3.21, dub. in A.Th. 762 (lyr.) ; for (during) a short time, Th.1.77,2.85,3.43 ; within or after a short time, Id.6.11,47,7.39, etc. ; but3 ἐν ὀλίγῳ ( χώρῳ is added in Hdt. 9.70) in a small space, within small compass, E.Supp. 1126 (lyr.) ;ἐν ὀ. στρατοπεδευομένοις Th.4.26
; κυκλωθέντων ἐν ὀ. ib.96 ;εἰς ταὐτὸ πάντα.. ἁθροίσαντ' ἐν ὀ. D.3.18
; also ἐν ὀ. (sc. χρόνῳ) for a brief time, Pi.P.8.92 ; but also, in a short time, quickly,ἔγνων καὶ περὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ὀ. τοῦτο Pl.Ap. 22b
, cf. Th.4.55, Act.Ap.26.28.b ἐν ὀλίγοις one among few, i.e. exceedingly, remarkably,ποταμὸς ἐν ὀ. μέγας Hdt.4.52
;ἐν ὀλίγοισι Περσέων.. ἀνὴρ δόκιμος Id.9.41
: freq. in later writers, Plu. Pomp.10, Hld.3.1 ; so σὺν ὀλίγοις, v. infr. 10.4 ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, suddenly,ἐξ ὀ. καὶ δι' ὀργῆς Th.2.11
, cf. 61,4.108, etc.6 for a short time,Hp.
Prorrh.1.26, Plot. 4.4.29, Gp.7.12.22, 10.7.10, etc. ; a little at a time, Hp.VC18 ;εἴρηται ἐν τῷ [βιβλίῳ] ἐπ' ὀλίγον
a little way on, near the beginning,Gal.
15.428.7 by little and little,Th.
1.69, Pl.Ti. 85d, Luc. Nec.11, etc. ;ἐκ τοῦ κατ' ὀ. D.S.15.34
, Ath.Med. ap. Orib.1.2.6 : but the Adj.freq. takes the gender and number of its Subst.,κατ' ὀλίγους Hdt.2.93
, 8.113 ; οὗτοι κατ' ὀλίγους γινόμενοι ἐμάχοντο fought few at a time, in small parties, Id.9.102, cf. Pl.Tht. 197d ; κατ' ὀλίγον μαχεῖται (sc. τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν) Th.4.10.9 παρ' ὀλίγον with little to spare, only just, (lyr.) ; to within a short distance of,παρ' ὀ. ἦλθε.. ἐκπεσεῖν Plb. 2.55.4
, cf. 18.46.12 ; but10 σὺν ὀλίγοις, = ἐν ὀλίγοις, ἐπαινεθῆναι Plu.Galb.3 ; v. supr. IV.3b.V regul. Adv. ὀλίγως is rare, 2 Ep.Pet.2.18, Aq. Is.10.7 ;οὐκ ὀ. AP12.205
(Strat.).VI Comparison:1 the [comp] Comp. is commonly supplied by μείων, ἥσσων, or ἐλάσσων (qq.v.) ; the older form ὀλείζων (fr. Ολειγ-ψων ) is found in Hom., λαοὶ δ' ὑπ' ὀλείζονες ἦσαν ( ὑπολίζονες codd.) Il.18.519 ; so in [dialect] Att. Inscrr., IG12.76.8 (written ὄλεζον ib.63.17, al.) ; τοῖσι.. ὀλείζοσι μυστηρίοισιν ib.6.76, cf. 95 ; ὀλείζους is prob. in X.Ath.2.1 ( μείζους codd.) ; so in Alexandrian Poets, Call.Jov.72 ( ὀλίζοσι codd.), AP9.521 ; ἐς ὀλίζονας ἀστέρας ἄρκτου Poet. ap. Theodos. in HilgardExc.exHdn.p.19 ; also , ὀλίζωνα ib. 372 ; ὀλιζότερος is found in Id.Al. 479, Opp.C.3.65, 394, cf. ὀλιζόω ; ὀλιγώτερος is found in Hp.Virg. I (with the sense weaker, v. supr. 1.4), S.E.M.1.70, App.Pun.42, Mith.24, Ael.NA2.42,6.51.2 [comp] Sup. ὀλίγιστος, η, ον, always of Number or Quantity, Il.19.223, Hes.Op. 723, IG12.54.7, Ar.Ra. 115, Pl. 628, Pl.R. 473b, al. ; ὀλιγίστου, [comp] Sup. of ὀλίγου (cf. IV. I), very nearly, Phot., Hsch. (ubi ὀλιγωστοῦ) ; ὀλίγιστον as Adv., least, very little, Pl.R. 587b ;τὸ ὀ.
at least,Id.
Prm. 149a ;ὡς ὀλίγιστα Id.Grg. 510a
, Lg. 953a (v.l. ὀλιγοστά) ;ἐν ὀλιγίστῳ διασαφῶν Eust.1262.54
; soδι' ὀλιγίστων Pl.Ep. 351d
(interpol.). (Aspirated in papyri of ii-iii A.D., asμεθ' ὁλίγον BGU388.11
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4 σύντομος
σύντομ-ος, ον,A cut short, abridged, esp. of a road, ἀτραπὸς ξ. a short cut, Ar.Ra. 123;ἡ κατάβασις -ωτέρη Hdt.7.223
;τὰ σύντομα τῆς ὁδοῦ Id.1.185
, 4.136; - ώτατον the shortest cut, Id.2.158, 4.183;τὰ -ώτατα Th.2.97
; σύντομος (sc. ὁδός) Hdt.5.17, X.HG7.2.13, etc.;- ωτάτη ὁδός Heraclit.
(?) 135;τὴν -ωτάτην.. ἦγε X.HG7.5.21
; cf.συντέμνω 11
, 111.2 of language, concise, brief, (troch.), cf. E.Heracl. 784 ([comp] Sup.), etc;- ώτερος ὁ λόγος Isoc.3.27
;σ. λέξις Arist.Rh. 1414a25
; ; σ. ἀνάμνησις a concise summary, Id.Rh.Al. 1433b29;διαλογισμός Epicur.Ep.2p.35U.
; φανῶ.. σημεῖα τῶνδε ς. S.OT 710; τὸ ς. conciseness, D.H. Vett.Cens.3.1.3 of other things,- ωτάτη διαπολέμησις Th.7.42
; σ. ἐμβολή, παρουσία, etc., Plb.3.78.6, 11.1.1, etc.4 of stature, short, Call.Epigr.13.II Adv. - μως concisely, briefly, σ. φημίσασθαι, λέξειν, etc., A.Ag. 629, Eu. 585, etc.; πεύσει τὰ πάντα ς. ib. 415;ὡς σ. εἰπεῖν Pl.Ti. 25e
: also neut. pl.,εἰπέ μοι μὴ μῆκος, ἀλλὰ σύντομα S.Ant. 446
(v.l. συντόμως): [comp] Comp.- ώτερον Isoc.4.64
, etc.: [comp] Sup.- ώτατα Id.10.30
;συντομώτατον εἰπεῖν Alex.245.4
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5 βραχύς
1 brief, shorta of timeκενεὰ πνεύσαις ἔπορε μόχθῳ βραχύ τι τερπνόν O. 10.93
πολλῶν πείρατα συντανύσαις ἐν βραχεῖ P. 1.82
καί τινα οἶμον ἴσαμι βραχύν P. 4.248
ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει P. 4.286
ὠκεῖα δ' ἐπειγομένων ἤδη θεῶν πρᾶξις ὁδοί τε βραχεῖαι pr. P. 9.68πάντα δ' ἐξειπεῖν ἀφαιρεῖται βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχων ὕμνος I. 1.62
τὸν Ἀργείων τρόπον εἰρήσεταί που κἀν βραχίστοις (sc. λόγοις) I. 6.59b of stature, short μορφὰν βραχύς, ψυχὰν δ' ἄκαμπτος, προσπαλαίσων ἦλθ ἀνὴρ Herakles I. 4.53c c. inf., inadequate, too smallβραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ' ἀναγήσασθ N. 10.19
τὰ μακρὰ δ' εἴ τις παπταίνει, βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι χαλκόπεδον θεῶν ἕδραν I. 7.44
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