μικρολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῐκρός (mikrós, “small, insignificant”) +‎ -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logíā).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.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

μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ • (mikrologíā) f (genitive μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. stinginess, meanness

   Synonym: φειδωλῐ́ᾱ (pheidōlíā)

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

Declension

First declension of ἡ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ hē mikrologíā	τὼ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mikrologíā	αἱ μῐκρολογῐ́αι hai mikrologíai
Genitive	τῆς μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς tês mikrologíās	τοῖν μῐκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mikrologíain	τῶν μῐκρολογῐῶν tôn mikrologiôn
Dative	τῇ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾳ têi mikrologíāi	τοῖν μῐκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mikrologíain	ταῖς μῐκρολογῐ́αις taîs mikrologíais
Accusative	τὴν μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn mikrologíān	τὼ μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mikrologíā	τᾱ̀ς μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mikrologíās
Vocative	μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ mikrologíā	μῐκρολογῐ́ᾱ mikrologíā	μῐκρολογῐ́αι mikrologíai
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