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ὀλιγόψυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγόψυχος ὀλιγόψυχον

Structure: ὀλιγοψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. faint-hearted

Examples

  • Τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ ὁ Ὕψιστοσ, ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖσ κατοικῶν τὸν αἰῶνα, ἅγιοσ ἐν ἁγίοισ ὄνομα αὐτῷ, Κύριοσ Ὕψιστοσ ἐν ἁγίοισ ἀναπαυόμενοσ καὶ ὀλιγοψύχοισ διδοὺσ μακροθυμίαν καὶ διδοὺσ ζωὴν τοῖσ συντετριμμένοισ τὴν καρδίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 57:15)

Synonyms

  1. faint-hearted

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

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