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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀλιγόψυχος ὀλιγόψυχον
Genitive ὀλιγοψύχου ὀλιγοψύχου
Dative ὀλιγοψύχῳ ὀλιγοψύχῳ
Accusative ὀλιγόψυχον ὀλιγόψυχον
Vocative ὀλιγόψυχε ὀλιγόψυχον
DualN/A/V ὀλιγοψύχω ὀλιγοψύχω
G/D ὀλιγοψύχοιν ὀλιγοψύχοιν
PluralNominative ὀλιγόψυχοι ὀλιγόψυχα
Genitive ὀλιγοψύχων ὀλιγοψύχων
Dative ὀλιγοψύχοις ὀλιγοψύχοις
Accusative ὀλιγοψύχους ὀλιγόψυχα
Vocative ὀλιγόψυχοι ὀλιγόψυχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀλιγόψυχος ὀλιγοψύχου ὀλιγοψυχότερος ὀλιγοψυχοτέρου ὀλιγοψυχότατος ὀλιγοψυχοτάτου
Adverb ὀλιγοψύχως ὀλιγοψυχότερον ὀλιγοψυχότατα

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

  • μακρόθυμοσ ἀνὴρ πολὺσ ἐν φρονήσει, ὁ δὲ ὀλιγόψυχοσ ἰσχυρῶσ ἄφρων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 14:29)
  • θυμὸν ἀνδρὸσ πραΰνει θεράπων φρόνιμοσ, ὀλιγόψυχον δὲ ἄνδρα τίσ ὑποίσει̣ (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 18:14)
  • ὡσ ἄνθρωποι ὀλιγόψυχοι διψῶντεσ ἐν Σιών, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἀσεβῶν, οἷσ ἡμᾶσ παρέδωκασ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 25:5)
  • παρακαλέσατε, οἱ ὀλιγόψυχοι τῇ διανοίᾳ. ἰσχύσατε, μὴ φοβεῖσθε. ἰδοὺ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν κρίσιν ἀναταποδίδωσι καὶ ἀνταποδώσει, αὐτὸσ ἥξει καὶ σώσει ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 35:4)
  • οὐχ ὡσ γυναῖκα καταλελειμμένην καὶ ὀλιγόψυχον κέκληκέ σε Κύριοσ, οὐδ̓ ὡσ γυναίκα ἐκ νεότητοσ μεμισημένην, εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 54:6)

Synonyms

  1. faint-hearted

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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