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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

  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ πρὸσ Συμεὼν καὶ Λευί. μισητόν με πεποιήκατε, ὥστε πονηρόν με εἶναι πᾶσι τοῖσ κατοικοῦσι τὴν γῆν, ἔν τε τοῖσ Χαναναίοισ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ Φερεζαίοισ. ἐγὼ δὲ ὀλιγοστόσ εἰμι ἐν ἀριθμῷ, καὶ συναχθέντεσ ἐπ̓ ἐμὲ συγκόψουσί με, καὶ ἐκτριβήσομαι ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ οἶκόσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:30)
  • καὶ ἤγγισαν ἕωσ ἀναβάσεωσ Βαιθωρών, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἰούδασ εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτῶν ὀλιγοστόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:16)
  • Ἐν πᾶσι τούτοισ οὐ μετενόησεν ὁ λαὸσ καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν, ἕωσ ἐπρονομεύθησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐσκορπίσθησαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ. καὶ κατελείφθη ὁ λαὸσ ὀλιγοστόσ, καὶ ἄρχων τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυίδ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 48:15)
  • καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν συντελέσῃ τοῦ καταφαγεῖν τὸν χόρτον τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ εἶπα. Κύριε Κύριε, ἵλεωσ γενοῦ. τίσ ἀναστήσει τὸν Ἰακώβ̣ ὅτι ὀλιγοστόσ ἐστι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 7:2)
  • καὶ εἶπα. Κύριε, κόπασον δή, τίσ ἀναστήσει τὸν Ἰακώβ̣ ὅτι ὀλιγοστόσ ἐστι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 7:5)

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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