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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

  • Παρακαλοῦμεν δὲ ὑμᾶσ, ἀδελφοί, νουθετεῖτε τοὺσ ἀτάκτουσ, παραμυθεῖσθε τοὺσ ὀλιγοψύχουσ, ἀντέχεσθε τῶν ἀσθενῶν, μακροθυμεῖτε πρὸσ πάντασ. (PROS QESSALONIKEIS A, chapter 4 37:2)

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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