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ὀλιγόξυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγόξυλος ὀλιγόξυλον

Structure: ὀλιγοξυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cu/lon

Sense

  1. with little wood

Examples

  • τοῦτ’ ὀλίγον Κλείτωνοσ ἐπαύλιον, ἥ τ’ ὀλιγῶλαξ σπείρεσθαι, λιτόσ θ’ ὁ σχεδὸν ἀμπελεὼν, τοῦτό τε ῥωπεῖον ὀλιγόξυλον ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τούτοισ Κλείτων ὀγδώκοντ’ ἐξεπέρησ1’ ἔτεα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2261)

Synonyms

  1. with little wood

Similar forms

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

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