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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 ἡ πόλισ πλατεῖα καὶ μεγάλη, καὶ ὁ λαὸσ ὀλίγοσ ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν οἰκίαι ᾠκοδομημέναι. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 7:4)
  • ἦ οὐκ ὀλίγοσ ἐστὶν ὁ χρόνοσ τοῦ βίου μου̣ ἔασόν με ἀναπαύσασθαι μικρὸν (Septuagint, Liber Iob 10:20)
  • ΕΙΠΟΝ γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτοῖσ λογισάμενοι οὐκ ὀρθῶσ. ὀλίγοσ ἐστὶ καὶ λυπηρὸσ ὁ βίοσ ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἴασισ ἐν τελευτῇ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώσθη ὁ ἀναλύσασ ἐξ ᾅδου. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 2:1)
  • ἐπιπνεύσασ ὀλίγοσ κατέστησε τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ διατρεμῆσαι ἐποίησεν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 6 2:1)
  • 2 θνητὸσ ὁ βίοσ, ὀλίγοσ οὑπὶ γῇ χρόνοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 14 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. Of small amount

  2. Of small size

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