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ὀλίγος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλίγος ὀλίγη ὀλίγον

Structure: ὀλιγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Of small amount: few, little
  2. Of small size: little, small
  3. Of small degree: slight

Examples

  • καὶ κατέσπευδε τοῦ ἀπελθεῖν καὶ εἰπεῖν πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα καὶ τοὺσ ἡγεμόνασ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ καὶ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ. ἐκλείπομεν καθ̓ ἡμέραν, καὶ ἡ τροφὴ ἡμῖν ὀλίγη, καὶ ὁ τόποσ οὗ παρεμβάλλομέν ἐστιν ὀχυρόσ, καὶ ἐπίκειται ἡμῖν τὰ τῆσ βασιλείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:57)
  • α κρείσσων ὀλίγη λῆψισ μετὰ δικαιοσύνησ ἢ πολλὰ γεννήματα μετὰ ἀδικίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:33)
  • οὐδὲ ὡμοίωσα αὐτῇ λίθον ἀτίμητον, ὅτι ὁ πᾶσ χρυσὸσ ἐν ὄψει αὐτῆσ ψάμμοσ ὀλίγη, καὶ ὡσ πηλὸσ λογισθήσεται ἄργυροσ ἐναντίον αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:9)
  • ἀλλ̓ ὅμωσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἔστι μέμψισ ὀλίγη, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ τάχα πλανῶνται Θεὸν ζητοῦντεσ καὶ θέλοντεσ εὑρεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:6)
  • ἄνοδοσ καὶ ἐσ τοῦτον ὀλίγη· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 31:2)

Synonyms

  1. Of small amount

  2. Of small size

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