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ὀλιγόσαρκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγόσαρκος ὀλιγόσαρκον

Structure: ὀλιγοσαρκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sa/rc

Sense

  1. with little flesh

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖσ, ὅπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῶν λόγων εἰπὼν μέμνημαι, τοῦτο πρῶτον ἐπισκοποῦμεν, φύσιν σώματοσ τοῦ νοσοῦντοσ καὶ κρᾶσιν, καὶ τίνοσ πλείονοσ μετέχει, καὶ εἰ θερμότερον ἢ ψερμότερον, καὶ ἀκμάζον ἢ παρηβηκόσ, καὶ μέγα ἢ μικρόν, καὶ πιμελὲσ ἢ ὀλιγόσαρκον, καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 29:3)

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

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