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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 ἐδούλευσεν Ἰακὼβ περὶ Ραχὴλ ἑπτὰ ἔτη, καὶ ἦσαν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡσ ἡμέραι ὀλίγαι, παρὰ τὸ ἀγαπᾷν αὐτὸν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:20)
  • γενηθήτωσαν αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ὀλίγαι, καὶ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λάβοι ἕτεροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 108:8)
  • ἀλλ’ ἄπιτε ἤδη, ὡσ κἂν ὀλίγαι τήμερον ἐκδικασθῶσιν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 7:6)
  • καὶ τί σοι τοὺσ παλαιοὺσ λέγω, ὅπου καὶ Ἐπίκουροσ ἀνὴρ πάνυ χαίρων τῷ χαίρειν καὶ τὴν ἡδονὴν πρὸ ἁπάντων αἱρούμενοσ ἐν ταῖσ σπουδαιοτέραισ ἐπιστολαῖσ ‐ εἰσὶ δὲ αὗται ὀλίγαι ‐ . (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 14:1)
  • δέον δὲ ἤδη κατακλίνεσθαι ἁπάντων σχεδὸν παρόντων, ἐν δεξιᾷ μὲν εἰσιόντων αἱ γυναῖκεσ ὅλον τὸν κλιντῆρα ἐκεῖνον ἐπέλαβον, οὐκ ὀλίγαι οὖσαι, καὶ ἐν αὐταῖσ ἡ νύμφη πάνυ ἀκριβῶσ ἐγκεκαλυμμένη, ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν περιεχομένη· (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. Of small amount

  2. Of small size

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