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ὀλιγόγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγόγονος ὀλιγόγονον

Structure: ὀλιγογον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. producing few at a birth

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀλιγόγονος ὀλιγόγονον
Genitive ὀλιγογόνου ὀλιγογόνου
Dative ὀλιγογόνῳ ὀλιγογόνῳ
Accusative ὀλιγόγονον ὀλιγόγονον
Vocative ὀλιγόγονε ὀλιγόγονον
DualN/A/V ὀλιγογόνω ὀλιγογόνω
G/D ὀλιγογόνοιν ὀλιγογόνοιν
PluralNominative ὀλιγόγονοι ὀλιγόγονα
Genitive ὀλιγογόνων ὀλιγογόνων
Dative ὀλιγογόνοις ὀλιγογόνοις
Accusative ὀλιγογόνους ὀλιγόγονα
Vocative ὀλιγόγονοι ὀλιγόγονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀλιγόγονος ὀλιγογόνου ὀλιγογονώτερος ὀλιγογονωτέρου ὀλιγογονώτατος ὀλιγογονωτάτου
Adverb ὀλιγογόνως ὀλιγογονώτερον ὀλιγογονώτατα

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

  • καί κωσ τοῦ θείου ἡ προνοίη, ὥσπερ καὶ οἰκόσ ἐστι, ἐοῦσα σοφή, ὅσα μὲν ψυχήν τε δειλὰ καὶ ἐδώδιμα, ταῦτα μὲν πάντα πολύγονα πεποίηκε, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα, ὅσα δὲ σχέτλια καὶ ἀνιηρά, ὀλιγόγονα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 108 3:1)

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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