ὀλιγοτροφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀλῐγότροφος (oligótrophos, “giving little nourishment”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡo.tro.pʰí.aː/ → /o.li.ɣo.troˈɸi.a/ → /o.li.ɣo.troˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡo.tro.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡo.troˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣo.troˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣo.troˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣo.troˈfi.a/

Noun

ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ • (oligotrophíā) f (genitive ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. little nourishment

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ hē oligotrophíā	τὼ ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ tṑ oligotrophíā	αἱ ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́αι hai oligotrophíai
Genitive	τῆς ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱς tês oligotrophíās	τοῖν ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́αιν toîn oligotrophíain	τῶν ὀλῐγοτροφῐῶν tôn oligotrophiôn
Dative	τῇ ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾳ têi oligotrophíāi	τοῖν ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́αιν toîn oligotrophíain	ταῖς ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́αις taîs oligotrophíais
Accusative	τὴν ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱν tḕn oligotrophíān	τὼ ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ tṑ oligotrophíā	τᾱ̀ς ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s oligotrophíās
Vocative	ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ oligotrophíā	ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ oligotrophíā	ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́αι oligotrophíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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