ὀλίγος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

ὀλίγοςηdial.ᾱ ονadj For compar. and superl. see below. The compar. is more commonly supplied by ἐλᾱ́σσων, ἥσσων, μείων.little in size or weightof a man, a boylittle, smallHom. hHom. Theoc.of fishOd.of a shield, drinking-cup, tableHom.of a shipHes. of little consequenceof a manlittle, small, insignificantOd. hHom. Callin. Alc. S. Th.of the strength of a mortalSimon.of Strife, when not in full spateIl.of a painSol.little in value or worthestimated in monetary terms or by other standardsof money, a gift, quality or attributeonly little, littleHom. Thgn. Scol. Pi. Hdt. Att.orats. of a stretch of land, distance or spacelittle in extent or areaonly little, little, scantIl. hHom. Hdt. Th.of scope or opportunityThgn.of a period of timelittle in durationonly little, shortIl. Hes. Simon. Pi. Hdt. Th.of a respite, life, or sim.Od. little in intensityof a voice, cry, outcrysmall, lowOd. Th. little in amount, quantity or sizeof a commodity or foodstufflittle, not much, meagreslightIl.of a spring, a waveHom.of a number of things or persons, a fighting force, line of troops, or sim.Hdt. E. Th.pl.of persons, animals or thingsfew in numberfreq. opp. a majority groupingHes. Alc. Thgn. Simon. Hdt. Th.esp. of troops or ships, against opponentsHdt. Th. Att.orats.of money, resources, goods, buildings, or sim.Thgn. Th. Att.orats.of periods of timeTh. Att.orats.of words or things saidE. Th. Att.orats.of actions, events, circumstancesThgn. A. Th. masc.pl.sb.few men or a small groupesp. opp. a larger groupSimon.ref. to men w. power in a city or community, esp. aristocrats or oligarchsTh. Att.orats. neut.sb.sg. and pl.only a littleof sthg., esp. in terms of space, distance, time, value; freq. in prep.phrs.hHom. Sapph. Eleg. Pi. Hdt. E. Th. ὀλίγονneut.sg.adv in terms of only a little degree, amount, distance or timea little way, a short time, only a littleonly justHom. Hes. Pi. Hdt. E.Cyc. Th. only a little, hardlyw.compar.adj. braver, older, more powerful, or sim.Hom. Hdt. ὀλίγουneut.gen.adv within only a little degree, amount, distance or timealmost, nearlyOd. Th. Ar.w. expressions of numberὀλίγου ἅπαντεςalmost allPl.ὀλίγου ἐς χιλίουςclose on a thousandTh.see alsoδέω2 2, δεῖ 7 for a little, at a cheap priceHdt. Att.orats. ὀλίγῳneut.dat.adv by only a little degree, amount, distance or timea little, only a littlehardlyA. Hdt.w.compar.adj. larger, more, worse, or sim.Hdt. Th.earlier or later, esp. in a discussion, narrative, or sim.Hdt. ὀλίγαneut.pl.adv in a few cases only, hardly at allHippon. E. Th. ὀλίγωςadv in neg.phr.in a small amountCall.in an insignificant wayCall.dub.cj. ὀλείζων

ep.ὀλίζωνονgen.ονοςmasc.fem.compar.adj of troopsfewerthan the enemyX.of mortals, depicted on a shieldsmallerthan godsIl.of certain godslesserin importanceCall. ὀλίγιστοςη ονsuperl.adj least in amount or quantityleastIl. Hes. S.cj. Ar. Pl. fewest in numberfewestAr. Pl. shortest in size or extentshortest, smallestArist. ὀλίγιστονneut.sg.superl.adv in the least degreeleastPl. ὀλιγίστουneut.superl.gen.adv at the least costD. ὀλίγισταneut.pl.superl.adv in the fewest casesPl.

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few, little, scanty, small

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ὀλίγος

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ὀλίγος

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ολιγος

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