Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • καὶ ἀποστελῶ ἐφ̓ ὑμᾶσ τὰ θηρία τὰ ἄγρια τῆσ γῆσ καὶ κατέδεται ὑμᾶσ καὶ ἐξαναλώσει τὰ κτήνη ὑμῶν, καὶ ὀλιγοστοὺσ ποιήσω ὑμᾶσ, καὶ ἐρημωθήσονται αἱ ὁδοὶ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:22)
  • ὅτι εἶδε Κύριοσ τὴν ταπείνωσιν Ἰσραὴλ πικρὰν σφόδρα καὶ ὀλιγοστοὺσ συνεχομένουσ καὶ ἐσπανισμένουσ καὶ ἐγκαταλελειμμένουσ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν τῷ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 14:26)
  • ἐν τῷ γενέσθαι αὐτοὺσ ὀλιγοστοὺσ ἀριθμῷ ὡσ ἐσμικρύνθησαν καὶ παρῴκησαν ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 16:19)
  • ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ ἀριθμῷ βραχεῖσ, ὀλιγοστοὺσ καὶ παροίκουσ ἐν αὐτῇ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 104:12)
  • παρὰ πάσασ τὰσ ἀρχάσ, οὐ μὴ ὑψωθῇ ἔτι ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ὀλιγοστοὺσ αὐτοὺσ ποιήσω τοῦ μὴ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ πλείονασ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 29:15)

Synonyms

  1. one out of a few

  2. the smallest space

Related

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

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