ὀλιγόπιστος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 January 2017

Etymology

From ὀλῐ́γος (olígos, “little, few”) +‎ πῐστός (pistós, “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 • (oligópistos) 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 oligópistos	ὀλῐγόπῐστον oligópiston		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω oligopístō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω oligopístō		ὀλῐγόπῐστοι oligópistoi	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ oligópista
Genitive		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στου oligopístou	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στου oligopístou		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν oligopístoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν oligopístoin		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στων oligopístōn	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στων oligopístōn
Dative		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στῳ oligopístōi	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στῳ oligopístōi		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν oligopístoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν oligopístoin		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοις oligopístois	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοις oligopístois
Accusative		ὀλῐγόπῐστον oligópiston	ὀλῐγόπῐστον oligópiston		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω oligopístō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω oligopístō		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στους oligopístous	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ oligópista
Vocative		ὀλῐγόπῐστε oligópiste	ὀλῐγόπῐστον oligópiston		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω oligopístō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω oligopístō		ὀλῐγόπῐστοι oligópistoi	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ oligópista
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀλῐγοπῐ́στως oligopístōs			ὀλῐγοπῐστότερος oligopistóteros			ὀλῐγοπῐστότᾰτος oligopistótatos
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