ὀλιγότροφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀλῐγο- (oligo-, “little, few”) +‎ τρέφω (tréphō, “to feed, nourish”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡó.tro.pʰos/ → /o.liˈɣo.tro.ɸos/ → /o.liˈɣo.tro.fos/

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

Adjective

ὀλῐγότροφος • (oligótrophos) m or f (neuter ὀλῐγότροφον); second declension

1. giving little nourishment
2. taking little nourishment
3. (of athletes in training) abstemious

Inflection

Second declension of ὀλῐγότροφος; ὀλῐγότροφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀλῐγότροφος oligótrophos	ὀλῐγότροφον oligótrophon		ὀλῐγοτρόφω oligotróphō	ὀλῐγοτρόφω oligotróphō		ὀλῐγότροφοι oligótrophoi	ὀλῐγότροφᾰ oligótropha
Genitive		ὀλῐγοτρόφου oligotróphou	ὀλῐγοτρόφου oligotróphou		ὀλῐγοτρόφοιν oligotróphoin	ὀλῐγοτρόφοιν oligotróphoin		ὀλῐγοτρόφων oligotróphōn	ὀλῐγοτρόφων oligotróphōn
Dative		ὀλῐγοτρόφῳ oligotróphōi	ὀλῐγοτρόφῳ oligotróphōi		ὀλῐγοτρόφοιν oligotróphoin	ὀλῐγοτρόφοιν oligotróphoin		ὀλῐγοτρόφοις oligotróphois	ὀλῐγοτρόφοις oligotróphois
Accusative		ὀλῐγότροφον oligótrophon	ὀλῐγότροφον oligótrophon		ὀλῐγοτρόφω oligotróphō	ὀλῐγοτρόφω oligotróphō		ὀλῐγοτρόφους oligotróphous	ὀλῐγότροφᾰ oligótropha
Vocative		ὀλῐγότροφε oligótrophe	ὀλῐγότροφον oligótrophon		ὀλῐγοτρόφω oligotróphō	ὀλῐγοτρόφω oligotróphō		ὀλῐγότροφοι oligótrophoi	ὀλῐγότροφᾰ oligótropha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀλῐγοτρόφως oligotróphōs			ὀλῐγοτροφώτερος oligotrophṓteros			ὀλῐγοτροφώτᾰτος oligotrophṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀλῐγοτροφῐ́ᾱ (oligotrophíā)

Further reading

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