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ὀλιγοστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγοστός ὀλιγοστή ὀλιγοστόν

Structure: ὀλιγοστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)li/gos

Sense

  1. one out of a few
  2. the smallest space

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὀλιγοστός ὀλιγοστή ὀλιγοστόν
Genitive ὀλιγοστοῦ ὀλιγοστῆς ὀλιγοστοῦ
Dative ὀλιγοστῷ ὀλιγοστῇ ὀλιγοστῷ
Accusative ὀλιγοστόν ὀλιγοστήν ὀλιγοστόν
Vocative ὀλιγοστέ ὀλιγοστή ὀλιγοστόν
DualN/A/V ὀλιγοστώ ὀλιγοστᾱ́ ὀλιγοστώ
G/D ὀλιγοστοῖν ὀλιγοσταῖν ὀλιγοστοῖν
PluralNominative ὀλιγοστοί ὀλιγοσταί ὀλιγοστά
Genitive ὀλιγοστῶν ὀλιγοστῶν ὀλιγοστῶν
Dative ὀλιγοστοῖς ὀλιγοσταῖς ὀλιγοστοῖς
Accusative ὀλιγοστούς ὀλιγοστᾱ́ς ὀλιγοστά
Vocative ὀλιγοστοί ὀλιγοσταί ὀλιγοστά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀλιγοστός ὀλιγοστοῦ ὀλιγοστότερος ὀλιγοστοτεροῦ ὀλιγοστότατος ὀλιγοστοτατοῦ
Adverb ὀλιγοστώς ὀλιγοστότερον ὀλιγοστότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ἡ δ’ ὄψισ ἀσθενὴσ οὖσα καὶ λεπτὴ καὶ ὀλιγοστή, τί θαυμαστὸν εἰ μήτε πληγὴν ἀνακρουστικὴν ποιεῖ μήτ’ ἀφαλλομένη τηρεῖ τὴν συνέχειαν ἀλλὰ θρύπτεται καὶ ἀπολείπει, πλῆθοσ οὐκ ἔχουσα φωτὸσ ὥστε μὴ διασπᾶσθαι περὶ τὰσ ἀνωμαλίασ καὶ τραχύτητασ; (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 23 6:12)

Synonyms

  1. one out of a few

  2. the smallest space

Related

Similar forms

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

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