Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀλιγόψυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγόψυχος ὀλιγόψυχον

Structure: ὀλιγοψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. faint-hearted

Examples

  • μακρόθυμοσ ἀνὴρ πολὺσ ἐν φρονήσει, ὁ δὲ ὀλιγόψυχοσ ἰσχυρῶσ ἄφρων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 14:29)

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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