ὀλιγανθρωπία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὀλῐγο- (olĭgo-) + ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.li.ɡan.tʰrɔː.pí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.li.ɡan.tʰroˈpi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.li.ɣan.θroˈpi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.li.ɣan.θroˈpi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.li.ɣan.θroˈpi.a/
Noun
ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱ • (olĭgănthrōpĭ́ā) f (genitive ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱ hē olĭgănthrōpĭ́ā |
τὼ ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ olĭgănthrōpĭ́ā |
αἱ ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́αι hai olĭgănthrōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱς tês olĭgănthrōpĭ́ās |
τοῖν ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́αιν toîn olĭgănthrōpĭ́ain |
τῶν ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐῶν tôn olĭgănthrōpĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾳ tēî olĭgănthrōpĭ́āi |
τοῖν ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́αιν toîn olĭgănthrōpĭ́ain |
ταῖς ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́αις taîs olĭgănthrōpĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn olĭgănthrōpĭ́ān |
τὼ ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ olĭgănthrōpĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s olĭgănthrōpĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱ olĭgănthrōpĭ́ā |
ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱ olĭgănthrōpĭ́ā |
ὀλῐγᾰνθρωπῐ́αι olĭgănthrōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ὀλιγανθρωπία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ὀλιγανθρωπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- depopulation idem, page 212.
- desolation idem, page 216.
- emptiness idem, page 269.
- man idem, page 510.
- paucity idem, page 599.
- population idem, page 626.
- scantiness idem, page 737.
- sparseness idem, page 798.
- thinness idem, page 867.