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ὀλιγωρέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγωρέω ὀλιγωρήσω

Structure: ὀλιγωρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to esteem little or lightly, make small account of, to take no heed, to be lightly esteemed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγώρω ὀλιγώρεις ὀλιγώρει
Dual ὀλιγώρειτον ὀλιγώρειτον
Plural ὀλιγώρουμεν ὀλιγώρειτε ὀλιγώρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὀλιγώρω ὀλιγώρῃς ὀλιγώρῃ
Dual ὀλιγώρητον ὀλιγώρητον
Plural ὀλιγώρωμεν ὀλιγώρητε ὀλιγώρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ὀλιγώροιμι ὀλιγώροις ὀλιγώροι
Dual ὀλιγώροιτον ὀλιγωροίτην
Plural ὀλιγώροιμεν ὀλιγώροιτε ὀλιγώροιεν
ImperativeSingular ὀλιγῶρει ὀλιγωρεῖτω
Dual ὀλιγώρειτον ὀλιγωρεῖτων
Plural ὀλιγώρειτε ὀλιγωροῦντων, ὀλιγωρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ὀλιγώρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρων ὀλιγωρουντος ὀλιγωρουσα ὀλιγωρουσης ὀλιγωρουν ὀλιγωρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγώρουμαι ὀλιγώρει, ὀλιγώρῃ ὀλιγώρειται
Dual ὀλιγώρεισθον ὀλιγώρεισθον
Plural ὀλιγωροῦμεθα ὀλιγώρεισθε ὀλιγώρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ὀλιγώρωμαι ὀλιγώρῃ ὀλιγώρηται
Dual ὀλιγώρησθον ὀλιγώρησθον
Plural ὀλιγωρώμεθα ὀλιγώρησθε ὀλιγώρωνται
OptativeSingular ὀλιγωροίμην ὀλιγώροιο ὀλιγώροιτο
Dual ὀλιγώροισθον ὀλιγωροίσθην
Plural ὀλιγωροίμεθα ὀλιγώροισθε ὀλιγώροιντο
ImperativeSingular ὀλιγώρου ὀλιγωρεῖσθω
Dual ὀλιγώρεισθον ὀλιγωρεῖσθων
Plural ὀλιγώρεισθε ὀλιγωρεῖσθων, ὀλιγωρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ὀλιγώρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρουμενος ὀλιγωρουμενου ὀλιγωρουμενη ὀλιγωρουμενης ὀλιγωρουμενον ὀλιγωρουμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγωρήσω ὀλιγωρήσεις ὀλιγωρήσει
Dual ὀλιγωρήσετον ὀλιγωρήσετον
Plural ὀλιγωρήσομεν ὀλιγωρήσετε ὀλιγωρήσουσιν*
OptativeSingular ὀλιγωρήσοιμι ὀλιγωρήσοις ὀλιγωρήσοι
Dual ὀλιγωρήσοιτον ὀλιγωρησοίτην
Plural ὀλιγωρήσοιμεν ὀλιγωρήσοιτε ὀλιγωρήσοιεν
Infinitive ὀλιγωρήσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρησων ὀλιγωρησοντος ὀλιγωρησουσα ὀλιγωρησουσης ὀλιγωρησον ὀλιγωρησοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀλιγωρήσομαι ὀλιγωρήσει, ὀλιγωρήσῃ ὀλιγωρήσεται
Dual ὀλιγωρήσεσθον ὀλιγωρήσεσθον
Plural ὀλιγωρησόμεθα ὀλιγωρήσεσθε ὀλιγωρήσονται
OptativeSingular ὀλιγωρησοίμην ὀλιγωρήσοιο ὀλιγωρήσοιτο
Dual ὀλιγωρήσοισθον ὀλιγωρησοίσθην
Plural ὀλιγωρησοίμεθα ὀλιγωρήσοισθε ὀλιγωρήσοιντο
Infinitive ὀλιγωρήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀλιγωρησομενος ὀλιγωρησομενου ὀλιγωρησομενη ὀλιγωρησομενης ὀλιγωρησομενον ὀλιγωρησομενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • πολύ τε γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ προσήκειν ἀνδρὶ κατασκευάζοντι λόγουσ πολιτικοὺσ μνημεῖα τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμεωσ αἰώνια μηδενὸσ τῶν ἐλαχίστων ὀλιγωρεῖν, ἢ ζῳγράφων τε καὶ τορευτῶν παισὶν ἐν ὕλῃ φθαρτῇ χειρῶν εὐστοχίασ καὶ πόνουσ ἀποδεικνυμένοισ περὶ τὰ φλέβια καὶ τὰ πτίλα καὶ τὸν χνοῦν καὶ τὰσ τοιαύτασ μικρολογίασ κατατρίβειν τῆσ τέχνησ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2570)
  • οἵ τε νεώτεροι πάλιν ἀφηνιάζοντεσ καὶ θρασυνόμενοι καταφρονεῖν καὶ ὀλιγωρεῖν ἀσκοῦσιν. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 2:3)
  • ἀλλὰ περὶ ταύτησ μὲν ἑτέρωθι τῆσ γνώμησ γέγραπται τὰ δοκοῦντα διὰ πλειόνων τὸ δὲ Μενάνδρειον ὀρθῶσ ἔχον, ὡσ οὐδεὶσ ἀγαπῶν αὐτὸσ ἀμελεῖθ’ ἡδέωσ, ὑπομιμνήσκει καὶ διδάσκει τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ τῇ φύσει πιστεύοντασ ὀλιγωρεῖν. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 20 3:3)
  • οὕτωσ δ’ ἡμερότητα καὶ φιλανθρωπίαν ἡμᾶσ ἐξεπαίδευσεν, ὡσ μηδὲ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων ὀλιγωρεῖν, ἀλλὰ μόνην ἐφῆκε τούτων χρῆσιν τὴν νόμιμον, πᾶσαν δ’ ἑτέραν ἐκώλυσεν· (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 176:2)
  • οἵ τε νεώτεροι πάλιν ἀφηνιάζοντεσ καὶ θρασυνόμενοι καταφρονεῖν καὶ ὀλιγωρεῖν ἀσκοῦσιν. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 16 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. to esteem little or lightly

Derived

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

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