ὀλιγόπιστος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 January 2017

Etymology

From ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos, “little, few”) +‎ πῐστός (pĭstós, “faithful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡó.pis.tos/ → /o.liˈɣo.pis.tos/ → /o.liˈɣo.pis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡó.pis.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡo.pis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.pis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.pis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.pis.tos/

Adjective

ὀλῐγόπῐστος • (olĭgópĭstos) m or f (neuter ὀλῐγόπῐστον); second declension

1. of little faith
   • New Testament, Matthew 8:26:

     Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, τί δειλοί ἐστε, ὀλιγόπιστοι; τότε ἐγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησεν τοῖς ἀνέμοις καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη.

     Kaì légei autoîs, tí deiloí este, oligópistoi? tóte egertheìs epetímēsen toîs anémois kaì têi thalássēi, kaì egéneto galḗnē megálē.

     And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. (KJV)

Inflection

Second declension of ὀλῐγόπῐστος; ὀλῐγόπῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀλῐγόπῐστος olĭgópĭstos	ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō		ὀλῐγόπῐστοι olĭgópĭstoi	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ olĭgópĭstă
Genitive		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στου olĭgopĭ́stou	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στου olĭgopĭ́stou		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στων olĭgopĭ́stōn	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στων olĭgopĭ́stōn
Dative		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στῳ olĭgopĭ́stōi	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στῳ olĭgopĭ́stōi		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοις olĭgopĭ́stois	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοις olĭgopĭ́stois
Accusative		ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston	ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στους olĭgopĭ́stous	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ olĭgópĭstă
Vocative		ὀλῐγόπῐστε olĭgópĭste	ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō		ὀλῐγόπῐστοι olĭgópĭstoi	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ olĭgópĭstă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στως olĭgopĭ́stōs			ὀλῐγοπῐστότερος olĭgopĭstóteros			ὀλῐγοπῐστότᾰτος olĭgopĭstótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• German: kleingläubig (loan translation)

References

• “ὀλιγόπιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press