ὀλιγόπιστος

Ancient Greek edit

FWOTD – 5 January 2017

Etymology edit

From ὀλῐ́γος (olígos, “little, few”) +‎ πῐστός (pistós, “faithful”).

Pronunciation edit

(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 edit

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

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 edit

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
Derived forms	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 edit

German: kleingläubig (loan translation)

References edit

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