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ὀλιγανθρωπία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγανθρωπία

Structure: ὀλιγανθρωπι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from o)liga/nqrwpos

Sense

  1. scantiness of men

Examples

  • ὀλιγανθρωπία γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἄστει γέγονε. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 7 3:6)
  • ἐπέσχεν ἐν τοῖσ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ καιροῖσ τὴν Ἑλλάδα πᾶσαν ἀπαιδία καὶ συλλήβδην ὀλιγανθρωπία, δι’ ἣν αἵ τε πόλεισ ἐξηρημώθησαν καὶ ἀφορίαν εἶναι συνέβαινε, καίπερ οὔτε πολέμων συνεχῶν ἐσχηκότων ἡμᾶσ οὔτε λοιμικῶν περιστάσεων. (Polybius, Histories, book 36, ii. bellum macedonicum 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. scantiness of men

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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