Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀλιγάνθρωπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγάνθρωπος ὀλιγάνθρωπον

Structure: ὀλιγανθρωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. scant of men

Examples

  • ταῖσ δὲ μικραῖσ καὶ ὀλιγανθρώποισ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀσθενέσιν οὐκ ἔστιν ἄρχειν ἑτέρων, ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἑαυτῶν ἄρχειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 11 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. scant 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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