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ὀλιγόψυχος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: oligopsychos

Principal Part: ὀλιγόψυχος ὀλιγόψυχον

Structure: ὀλιγοψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ψυχή

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 ὑποίσει; (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, οὐδ᾿ 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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