Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀλιγόστιχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγόστιχος ὀλιγόστιχον

Structure: ὀλιγοστιχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. consisting of few lines.

Examples

  • ἔστι δ’ αὐτοῦ τὰ βιβλία ὀλιγόστιχα μέν, δυνάμεωσ δὲ μεστὰ καὶ περιέχοντα ἀντιρρήσεισ πρὸσ Ζήνωνα. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. g'. HRILLOS 1:7)

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

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