ὀλιγόθερμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὀλῐγο- (olĭgo-, “little”, “slight”) +‎ -θερμος (-thermos, “warm”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡó.tʰer.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡo.tʰer.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.θer.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.θer.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.θer.mos/

Adjective

ὀλῐγόθερμος • (olĭgóthermos) m or f (neuter ὀλῐγόθερμον); second declension

having little heat
1. of cold-blooded animals
  - 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 652b.25
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 718b.37
2. of the spleen
  - 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 670b.7

Declension

Second declension of ὀλῐγόθερμος; ὀλῐγόθερμον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀλῐγόθερμος olĭgóthermos	ὀλῐγόθερμον olĭgóthermon	ὀλῐγοθέρμω olĭgothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμω olĭgothérmō	ὀλῐγόθερμοι olĭgóthermoi	ὀλῐγόθερμᾰ olĭgóthermă
Genitive	ὀλῐγοθέρμου olĭgothérmou	ὀλῐγοθέρμου olĭgothérmou	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν olĭgothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν olĭgothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμων olĭgothérmōn	ὀλῐγοθέρμων olĭgothérmōn
Dative	ὀλῐγοθέρμῳ olĭgothérmōi	ὀλῐγοθέρμῳ olĭgothérmōi	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν olĭgothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν olĭgothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμοις olĭgothérmois	ὀλῐγοθέρμοις olĭgothérmois
Accusative	ὀλῐγόθερμον olĭgóthermon	ὀλῐγόθερμον olĭgóthermon	ὀλῐγοθέρμω olĭgothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμω olĭgothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμους olĭgothérmous	ὀλῐγόθερμᾰ olĭgóthermă
Vocative	ὀλῐγόθερμε olĭgótherme	ὀλῐγόθερμον olĭgóthermon	ὀλῐγοθέρμω olĭgothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμω olĭgothérmō	ὀλῐγόθερμοι olĭgóthermoi	ὀλῐγόθερμᾰ olĭgóthermă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ὀλῐγοθέρμως olĭgothérmōs		ὀλῐγοθερμότερος olĭgothermóteros		ὀλῐγοθερμότᾰτος olĭgothermótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀλῐγοθερμῐ́ᾱ (olĭgothermĭ́ā)

Descendants

English: oligotherm
German: oligotherm

References

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