μικρός - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyg-, *(s)mēyg- (“small, thin, delicate”), thereby cognate with e.g. Old English smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, tasteful”), whence modern English smicker; compare also German mickrig. However this etymology leaves the /k/ of the Greek forms unexplained.
Beekes argues for Pre-Greek origin on the basis of variation between initial /m/ and /sm/, as well as the variant forms μικός (mikós) and μικκός (mikkós).[1]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /miː.krós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /miˈkros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈkros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈkros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈkros/
μῑκρός • (mīkrós) m (feminine μῑκρᾱ́, neuter μῑκρόν); first/second declension
- μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ (mīkrologĭ́ā)
- Greek: μικρός (mikrós)
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μῑκρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 951–952
- “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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], 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.
Inherited from Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small, insignificant”).
μικρός • (mikrós) m (feminine μικρή or μικρά, neuter μικρό)
- small, little
- short (in length)
1980, “Μην Κλαις [Don't Cry]”, in Michalis Bourboulis (lyrics), Ilias Andriopoulos (music), Λαϊκά Προάστια [Popular Suburbs], performed by Sotiria Bellou:
Τα καλοκαίρια μας μικρά,
κι ατέλειωτοι οι χειμώνες.- Ta kalokaíria mas mikrá,
ki atéleiotoi oi cheimónes. - Our summers short,
and our winters endless.
- Ta kalokaíria mas mikrá,
- young
- μεγάλος (megálos, “large”)
- μικρούλης (mikroúlis, “tiny”, endearing diminutive)
- μικρούτσικος (mikroútsikos, “tiny”)
- παραμικρός (paramikrós)
μικρός • (mikrós) m (plural μικροί)
- (anatomy) little finger
- Synonym: μικρό δάχτυλο (mikró dáchtylo)
- boy
- αντίχειρας m (antícheiras, “thumb”)
- δείκτης m (deíktis, “forefinger”)
- μέσος m (mésos, “middle finger”)
- παράμεσος m (parámesos, “ring finger”)
- μικρός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language