μικρολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small, insignificant”) +‎ -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /miː.kro.lo.ɡí.aː/ → /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/ → /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /miː.kro.lo.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mi.kro.loˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.kro.loˈʝi.a/

Noun

μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ • (mīkrologíā) f (genitive μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. stinginess, meanness

   Synonym: φειδωλῐ́ᾱ (pheidōlíā)

2. pettiness
3. hairsplitting, meticulous argument
4. disparagement, depreciating language

Declension

First declension of ἡ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ hē mīkrologíā	τὼ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mīkrologíā	αἱ μῑκρολογῐ́αι hai mīkrologíai
Genitive	τῆς μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱς tês mīkrologíās	τοῖν μῑκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mīkrologíain	τῶν μῑκρολογῐῶν tôn mīkrologiôn
Dative	τῇ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾳ têi mīkrologíāi	τοῖν μῑκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mīkrologíain	ταῖς μῑκρολογῐ́αις taîs mīkrologíais
Accusative	τὴν μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn mīkrologíān	τὼ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mīkrologíā	τᾱ̀ς μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mīkrologíās
Vocative	μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ mīkrologíā	μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ mīkrologíā	μῑκρολογῐ́αι mīkrologíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μικρολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μικρολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μικρολογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette