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ὀλίγος

oligos

small, inferior

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 200 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ὀλίγος · oligos — Beekes

small, inferior

2. ὀλίγος · oligos — Chantraine

«petit» (Hom

3. ὀλίγος · oligos — Chantraine

mis en relation au moins par étymologie populaire avec λιγύς (pour la sauterelle

4. ᾿Ολίγος · ᾿Oligos — Chantraine

et λίγος subsistent en grec moderne

5. ὀλίγος · oligos — Frisk

klein, gering

6. ὀλίγος · oligos — LSJ

little, small

Attestations

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 1119; entry #4509 Review: Under source audit

    OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 808; entry #5861 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 1348; entry #4225 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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