ΜΙΚΡΟΛΟΓΟΥΣ, μικρολογους
MIKROLOGOUS, mikrologous
Sounds Like: mik-roh-lo-GOOS
Translations: petty, trifling, mean, stingy, a petty person, a trifling person, a mean person, a stingy person
From the root: ΜΙΚΡΟΛΟΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is petty, trifling, or stingy, focusing on small or insignificant matters, often in a negative sense. It can refer to someone who is mean-spirited or miserly. It is a compound word formed from 'μικρός' (small) and 'λόγος' (word, reason, account), implying someone who deals with small talk or small accounts.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 16:251
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΚΡΟΛΟΓΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΙΚΡΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — speaking in a small way, speaking trivially, being petty, being mean, being stingy, being niggardly
- ΜΙΚΡΟΛΟΓΩ — to be stingy, to be petty, to be mean-spirited, to be miserly
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