ὀλιγοσύλλαβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀλῐγο- (olĭgo-, “little, few”) +‎ σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡo.sýl.la.bos/ → /o.li.ɣoˈsyl.la.βos/ → /o.li.ɣoˈsi.la.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡo.sýl.la.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡoˈsyl.la.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣoˈsyl.la.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣoˈsyl.la.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣoˈsi.la.vos/

Adjective

ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος • (olĭgosŭ́llăbos) m or f (neuter ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον); second declension

1. of few syllables

Inflection

Second declension of ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος; ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος olĭgosŭ́llăbos	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō		ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβοι olĭgosŭ́llăboi	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ olĭgosŭ́llăbă
Genitive		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βου olĭgosŭllắbou	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βου olĭgosŭllắbou		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βων olĭgosŭllắbōn	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βων olĭgosŭllắbōn
Dative		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βῳ olĭgosŭllắbōi	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βῳ olĭgosŭllắbōi		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοις olĭgosŭllắbois	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοις olĭgosŭllắbois
Accusative		ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βους olĭgosŭllắbous	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ olĭgosŭ́llăbă
Vocative		ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβε olĭgosŭ́llăbe	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō		ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβοι olĭgosŭ́llăboi	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ olĭgosŭ́llăbă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βως olĭgosŭllắbōs			ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰβώτερος olĭgosŭllăbṓteros			ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰβώτᾰτος olĭgosŭllăbṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (olĭgosŭllăbĭ́ā)

Further reading

• “ὀλιγοσύλλαβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀλιγοσύλλαβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette