trifle
trifle
subs.
Something: P. and V. τι (enclitic).
Something small: P. ὀλίγον τι.
Something of no value: P. and V. καπνός, ὁ (lit., smoke), Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ (Dem. 36; Ar. Lys. 860), φλυᾱρία, ἡ (Plat. Hipp. Maj. 304b).
Split hairs over trifles: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (Nub. 320).
subs.
Something: P. and V. τι (enclitic).
Something small: P. ὀλίγον τι.
Something of no value: P. and V. καπνός, ὁ (lit., smoke), Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ (Dem. 36; Ar. Lys. 860), φλυᾱρία, ἡ (Plat. Hipp. Maj. 304b).
Split hairs over trifles: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (Nub. 320).
trifle
v. intrans.
P. and V. παίζειν.
Talk nonsense: P. and V. οὐδὲν λέγειν, ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυᾱρεῖν, Ar. ὑθλεῖν.
Split hairs: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.
Trifle with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.); see mock.
Treat lightly: P. περὶ ὀλίγου ποιεῖσθαι; see disregard.
v. intrans.
P. and V. παίζειν.
Talk nonsense: P. and V. οὐδὲν λέγειν, ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυᾱρεῖν, Ar. ὑθλεῖν.
Split hairs: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.
Trifle with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.); see mock.
Treat lightly: P. περὶ ὀλίγου ποιεῖσθαι; see disregard.
TRIFLE
s. res parva: res minuta: paullum: paullulum [SYN. in LITTLE]: opus minutum (a work of art in miniature): munus leve: munusculum (a little present): res parvi momenti (anything of small importance): It may also frequently be expressed by the adjectives parvus levis perlevis. Trifles minutiae; res parvae or minutae; nugae (insignificant trifles): apinae (bagatelles nonsense; Martialis 1 114 2 sq. of his epigrams): this is a trifle hoc leve est; id parvum est: it is no trifle est aliquid: non leve est: these are trifles haec parva sunt; haec nugae sunt (inconsiderable things not worth caring for; e.g. these are trifles but it was by not despising these trifles that etc. parva sunt haec sed parva ista non contemnendo etc.; Liv. 6 41); sunt apinae tricaeque et si quid vilius istis (scarcely worthy of regard; Martialis 14 1 7; of things): is that (circumstance) a trifle? num parva causa est? that is no trifle in my sight non parvi illud aestimo: to reduce a very difficult thing to a mere trifle rem facilem ex difficillima redigere (Caes. B.G. 2 27): he accomplished the matter which certainly was no trifle id quod erat difficillimum effecit: to give one’s self up to trifles; to trouble one’s self about trifles minutiarum esse studiosum (☞ but not reduviam curare which has the meaning only from the context; Cic. Rosc. Am. 44 128): anything is a mere trifle to me aliquid mihi jocus or ludus est: to injure a person not even in the merest trifle ne minima quidem re laedere aliquem: to buy for a trifle (at a low price) parvo emere aere pauco emere: to be knocked down at a trifle nummo addici (at an auction).
s. res parva: res minuta: paullum: paullulum [SYN. in LITTLE]: opus minutum (a work of art in miniature): munus leve: munusculum (a little present): res parvi momenti (anything of small importance): It may also frequently be expressed by the adjectives parvus levis perlevis. Trifles minutiae; res parvae or minutae; nugae (insignificant trifles): apinae (bagatelles nonsense; Martialis 1 114 2 sq. of his epigrams): this is a trifle hoc leve est; id parvum est: it is no trifle est aliquid: non leve est: these are trifles haec parva sunt; haec nugae sunt (inconsiderable things not worth caring for; e.g. these are trifles but it was by not despising these trifles that etc. parva sunt haec sed parva ista non contemnendo etc.; Liv. 6 41); sunt apinae tricaeque et si quid vilius istis (scarcely worthy of regard; Martialis 14 1 7; of things): is that (circumstance) a trifle? num parva causa est? that is no trifle in my sight non parvi illud aestimo: to reduce a very difficult thing to a mere trifle rem facilem ex difficillima redigere (Caes. B.G. 2 27): he accomplished the matter which certainly was no trifle id quod erat difficillimum effecit: to give one’s self up to trifles; to trouble one’s self about trifles minutiarum esse studiosum (☞ but not reduviam curare which has the meaning only from the context; Cic. Rosc. Am. 44 128): anything is a mere trifle to me aliquid mihi jocus or ludus est: to injure a person not even in the merest trifle ne minima quidem re laedere aliquem: to buy for a trifle (at a low price) parvo emere aere pauco emere: to be knocked down at a trifle nummo addici (at an auction).
v. nugari: alucinari (Cic.); ineptire (Ter.); ludere (Hor. Ep.).
trifle (subs.):
1. res parva, lĕvis, mĭnūta; parvi (exigui) momenti: v.TRIFLING .
2. only pl. nūgae, arum (nonsense): thinking over some t. [verses], nescio quid meditans nugarum, Hor. S. 1, 9, 2: v.NONSENSE .
3. ăpĭnae, trīcae, arum (something without value: v. rare): Mart. 14, 1, 7 (sunt apinae tricaeque et si quid vilius istis). Phr.: to regard anything as a mere t., aliquid in levi habere, Tac. H. 2, 21: to waste the day over senseless t.s, diem frigidis [frigidissimis] rebus absumere, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3. (The use of minutiae, arum, in this sense, is without classical authority.)
1. res parva, lĕvis, mĭnūta; parvi (exigui) momenti: v.
2. only pl. nūgae, arum (nonsense): thinking over some t. [verses], nescio quid meditans nugarum, Hor. S. 1, 9, 2: v.
3. ăpĭnae, trīcae, arum (something without value: v. rare): Mart. 14, 1, 7 (sunt apinae tricaeque et si quid vilius istis). Phr.: to regard anything as a mere t., aliquid in levi habere, Tac. H. 2, 21: to waste the day over senseless t.s, diem frigidis [frigidissimis] rebus absumere, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3. (The use of minutiae, arum, in this sense, is without classical authority.)
trifle (v.): lūdo, si, sum, 3: v. TO FOOL (I.). So illūdo, 3 (to t. away): cf. ib. (II.). (Nugari denotes something more than trifling: = to talk nonsense.) Sometimes opp. to being in earnest: jŏcor, 1: v. TO JOKE . Sometimes used of poetical composition: lūdo: Hor. Od. 4, 9, 9.