ὀλιγόπιστος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 January 2017

Etymology

From ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos, “little, few”) +‎ πῐστός (pĭstós, “faithful”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ὀλῐγόπῐστος • (olĭgópĭstos) m or f (neuter ὀλῐγόπῐστον); second declension

of little faith
- New Testament, Matthew 8:26:
  Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, τί δειλοί ἐστε, ὀλιγόπιστοι; τότε ἐγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησεν τοῖς ἀνέμοις καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη.
  Kaì légei autoîs, tí deiloí este, oligópistoi? tóte egertheìs epetímēsen toîs anémois kaì tēî thalássēi, kaì egéneto galḗnē megálē.
  And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. (KJV)

Inflection

Second declension of ὀλῐγόπῐστος; ὀλῐγόπῐστον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀλῐγόπῐστος olĭgópĭstos	ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγόπῐστοι olĭgópĭstoi	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ olĭgópĭstă
Genitive	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στου olĭgopĭ́stou	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στου olĭgopĭ́stou	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στων olĭgopĭ́stōn	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στων olĭgopĭ́stōn
Dative	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στῳ olĭgopĭ́stōi	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στῳ olĭgopĭ́stōi	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοιν olĭgopĭ́stoin	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοις olĭgopĭ́stois	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στοις olĭgopĭ́stois
Accusative	ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston	ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στους olĭgopĭ́stous	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ olĭgópĭstă
Vocative	ὀλῐγόπῐστε olĭgópĭste	ὀλῐγόπῐστον olĭgópĭston	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στω olĭgopĭ́stō	ὀλῐγόπῐστοι olĭgópĭstoi	ὀλῐγόπῐστᾰ olĭgópĭstă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ὀλῐγοπῐ́στως olĭgopĭ́stōs		ὀλῐγοπῐστότερος olĭgopĭstóteros		ὀλῐγοπῐστότᾰτος olĭgopĭstótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

German: kleingläubig (loan translation)

References

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