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ὀλιγανθρωπία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγανθρωπία

Structure: ὀλιγανθρωπι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from o)liga/nqrwpos

Sense

scantiness of men

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀλιγανθρωπία	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱ	ὀλιγανθρωπίαι
Genitive	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱς	ὀλιγανθρωπίαιν	ὀλιγανθρωπιῶν
Dative	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱͅ	ὀλιγανθρωπίαιν	ὀλιγανθρωπίαις
Accusative	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱν	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱ	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱς
Vocative	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱ	ὀλιγανθρωπίᾱ	ὀλιγανθρωπίαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ὀλιγανθρωπία γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἄστει γέγονε. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 7 3:6)
καὶ τοῦτο μὲν δὴ θαυμαστὸν ὄν, ὅτε κατ’ ἀρχὰσ πρῶτον ἐγένετο ἐν τοῖσ παρ’ ὑμῖν τόποισ, πολέμου τινὸσ αὐτό, ὥσ γ’ εἰκόσ, νομοθετήσαντοσ ἤ τινοσ ἑτέρου τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν ἔχοντοσ πράγματοσ ἐν ὀλιγανθρωπίαισ ὑπὸ πολλῆσ ἀπορίασ ἐχομένοισ, γευσαμένοισ δὲ καὶ ἀναγκασθεῖσι χρήσασθαι τοῖσ συσσιτίοισ ἔδοξεν μέγα διαφέρειν εἰσ σωτηρίαν τὸ νόμιμον, καὶ κατέστη δὴ τρόπῳ τινὶ τοιούτῳ τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ὑμῖν τὸ τῶν συσσιτίων. (Plato, Laws, book 6 202:1)
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

scantiness of men
- ὀλιγανδρία (scantiness of men)
- ὀλιγαριστία (a scanty meal)
- στόλιον (a scanty garment)
- μανότης (fewness, scantiness)

ὀλιγάνθρωπος (scant of men)
περιφάνεια (a being seen all round)
ἀμιξία (want of intercourse)
ἀχρηματία (want of money)
ἀνάδαστος (divided anew)
ἐξαιρετέος (to be taken out or removed)
βαναυσία (handicraft)
ταπείνωσις (humiliation)
μεταλλεία (a searching for metals)
ἀποστασίᾱ (defection)
κακοτεχνία (bad art)
εἰργμός (a cage)
ἀγχίστροφος (turning closely)
δυσφύλακτος (hard to keep off or prevent)
τίμησις (esteeming)
ἀνανταγώνιστος (without a rival)
ἰσόμαχος (equal in battle)
ἀσυμμετρία (want of proportion or harmony)
εὐμεταχείριστος (easy to handle or manage)
μετάστασις (a removing)
πολυανθρωπία (a large population)
ἀναφορά (a carrying back)
ἀσυνήθεια (want of experience)
μετάθεσις (transposition)
ἄτηκτος (not melted or to be melted)
συντυγχάνω (to meet with)
νεωτεροποιία (innovation)
ὑπόγυιος (under one's hand)
ἐπίφοβος (frightful)
ὑπέκκαυμα (combustible matter)

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

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scantiness of men

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