ὀλιγοσύλλαβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀλῐγο- (olĭgo-, “little, few”) +‎ σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡo.sýl.la.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡoˈsyl.la.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣoˈsyl.la.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣoˈsyl.la.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɣoˈsi.la.vos/

Adjective

ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος • (olĭgosŭ́llăbos) m or f (neuter ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον); second declension

of few syllables

Inflection

Second declension of ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος; ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος olĭgosŭ́llăbos	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβοι olĭgosŭ́llăboi	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ olĭgosŭ́llăbă
Genitive	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βου olĭgosŭllắbou	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βου olĭgosŭllắbou	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βων olĭgosŭllắbōn	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βων olĭgosŭllắbōn
Dative	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βῳ olĭgosŭllắbōi	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βῳ olĭgosŭllắbōi	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοιν olĭgosŭllắboin	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοις olĭgosŭllắbois	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βοις olĭgosŭllắbois
Accusative	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βους olĭgosŭllắbous	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ olĭgosŭ́llăbă
Vocative	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβε olĭgosŭ́llăbe	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβον olĭgosŭ́llăbon	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βω olĭgosŭllắbō	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβοι olĭgosŭ́llăboi	ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ olĭgosŭ́llăbă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰ́βως olĭgosŭllắbōs		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰβώτερος olĭgosŭllăbṓteros		ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰβώτᾰτος olĭgosŭllăbṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀλῐγοσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (olĭgosŭllăbĭ́ā)