μικρολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (mīkrologĭ́ā) f (genitive μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. stinginess, meanness

   Synonym: φειδωλῐ́ᾱ (pheidōlĭ́ā)

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 mīkrologĭ́ā	τὼ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mīkrologĭ́ā	αἱ μῑκρολογῐ́αι hai mīkrologĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱς tês mīkrologĭ́ās	τοῖν μῑκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mīkrologĭ́ain	τῶν μῑκρολογῐῶν tôn mīkrologĭôn
Dative	τῇ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾳ têi mīkrologĭ́āi	τοῖν μῑκρολογῐ́αιν toîn mīkrologĭ́ain	ταῖς μῑκρολογῐ́αις taîs mīkrologĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn mīkrologĭ́ān	τὼ μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mīkrologĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mīkrologĭ́ās
Vocative	μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ mīkrologĭ́ā	μῑκρολογῐ́ᾱ mīkrologĭ́ā	μῑκρολογῐ́αι mīkrologĭ́ai
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