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|Definition=[ῐ], η, ον, later ὀλίος (q.v.), of Size, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">little, small</b>, freq. in Hom., rarer later, opp. μέγας, σάκος <span class="bibl">Il.14.376</span> ; κῦμα <span class="bibl">Od.10.94</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ὀλίγῃ ὀπί</b> with <b class="b2">small, low</b> voice, <span class="bibl">14.492</span> ; of stature, <span class="bibl">9.515</span> ; ὀ. κῶρος <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.47</span> ; οὐκ ὀλίγης αἷμα βοὸς κέχυται Call.<span class="title">Aet.Oxy.</span>2080.85 ; of Space, ὀ. χῶρος <span class="bibl">Il.10.161</span>, etc. ; of Time, χρόνος <span class="bibl">19.157</span>,<span class="bibl">23.418</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>7.38</span>, etc. ; ἐν βραχεῖ κὠλίγῳ χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>646</span> (cf. IV. <span class="bibl">3</span>). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> sts. in a sense between that of Size and Quantity, ὀ. δόσις <span class="bibl">Od.6.208</span> ; οὖρα ὀλίγα <b class="b2">not copious</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.2</span> ; <b class="b3">ὑποστάσιες ὀλίγαι</b> <b class="b2">slight</b> sediments, ib.<span class="bibl">17</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. καὶ οὐδέν</b> <b class="b2">little</b> or nothing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23a</span> ; οὐδὲν ἢ ὀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>651b17</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> of Degree, <b class="b3">ὀ. καὶ μέγας</b> <b class="b2">of low</b> and high <b class="b2">degree</b>, <span class="bibl">Callin.1.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">weak</b>, ἀθυμοτέρη καὶ ὀλιγωτέρη φύσις <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Virg.</span> 1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> of Number, <b class="b2">few</b>, or of Quantity, <b class="b2">little</b>, not in Hom., freq. in Att., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1417</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>717</span>, etc., but rare in Trag., as ὀλίγα κακά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>330</span>.—The governing body in Oligarchies and the oligarchical party in Democracies was called <b class="b3">οἱ ὀ</b>., <span class="bibl">Th.6.38</span>,<span class="bibl">8.9</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεία, αἱ διὰ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεῖαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>291d</span>, <span class="bibl">D.60.25</span> ; ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀ. μέσον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>303a</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">ὀλίγους . . στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλεῖν</b> <b class="b2">too few</b> to engage... <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.207</span> ; μὴ . . αἱ σφέτεραι δέκα νῆες ὀλίγαι ἀμύνειν ὦσιν <span class="bibl">Th.1.50</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> neut. <b class="b3">ὀλίγον</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">a little, slightly, little</b>, with Verbs, ὀ. παρακλίνας <span class="bibl">Il.23.424</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.52</span>, <span class="bibl">12.452</span> ; φροντίσας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>163</span> ; ὀ. τοῦ ποιήματος προελθών <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>339d</span> : also neut. pl., ἠκροβολίσαντο ὀλίγα <span class="bibl">Th.3.73</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> with comp. Adjs., ὀλίγον προγενέστερος <span class="bibl">Il.23.789</span> ; ὀ. ἧσσον <span class="bibl">Od.15.365</span> ; στιβαρώτερον οὐκ ὀ. περ <span class="bibl">8.187</span> ; φέρτερος οὐκ ὀ. περ <span class="bibl">Il.19.217</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. τι πρότερον</b>, v.l. for [[ὀλίγῳ]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.79</span>,<span class="bibl">81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>262b</span>, etc. ; ὀ. ὕστερον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>454b</span>, etc. ; but <b class="b3">ὀλίγῳ</b> is more freq. in Prose, Hdt. ll.cc. (with v.l.), <span class="bibl">7.113</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>460c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>327c</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> special Phrases: </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ὀλίγου δεῖν</b> <b class="b2">almost</b> (v. <b class="b3">δεῖ</b> II); <b class="b3">ὀλίγου ἐδέησε καταλαβεῖν</b> wanted <b class="b2">but little</b> of overtaking, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.10</span>.<b class="b3">γ'</b> : hence <b class="b3">ὀλίγου</b> alone, <b class="b2">within a little, allbut, almost</b>, ὀλίγου σεκύνες διεδηλήσαντο <span class="bibl">Od.14.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>348</span>,<span class="bibl">381</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>722</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.14.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>361b</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.334</span>, etc. ; ὀ. ἅπαντες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>22b</span> ; ὀ. ἐς χιλίους <b class="b2">close upon</b> <span class="bibl">1</span>,<span class="bibl">000</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.124</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. ἦλθεν ἑλεῖν</b> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">9</span>) <span class="bibl">Paus.1.13.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> δι' ὀλίγου <b class="b2">at a short distance</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1098</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span>,<span class="bibl">3.21</span>, dub. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>762</span> (lyr.) ; for (during) <b class="b2">a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.77</span>,<span class="bibl">2.85</span>,<span class="bibl">3.43</span> ; within or after <b class="b2">a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.6.11</span>,<span class="bibl">47</span>,<span class="bibl">7.39</span>, etc. ; but </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> δι' ὀλίγων <b class="b2">in few words</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phlb.</span>31d</span>, etc. ; v. infr. VI.<span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ὀλίγῳ</b> (<b class="b3">χώρῳ</b> is added in <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.70</span>) <b class="b2">in a small space, within small compass</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1126</span> (lyr.) ; ἐν ὀ. στρατοπεδευομένοις <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span> ; <b class="b3">κυκλωθέντων ἐν ὀ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">96</span> ; εἰς ταὐτὸ πάντα . . ἁθροίσαντ' ἐν ὀ. <span class="bibl">D.3.18</span> ; also <b class="b3">ἐν ὀ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">χρόνῳ</b>) <b class="b2">for a brief time</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.92</span> ; but also, <b class="b2">in a short time, quickly</b>, ἔγνων καὶ περὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ὀ. τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>22b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.55</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>26.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ὀλίγοις</b> <b class="b2">one among few</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">exceedingly, remarkably</b>, ποταμὸς ἐν ὀ. μέγας <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.52</span> ; ἐν ὀλίγοισι Περσέων . . ἀνὴρ δόκιμος <span class="bibl">Id.9.41</span> : freq. in later writers, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Pomp.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.3.1</span> ; so <b class="b3">σὺν ὀλίγοις</b>, v. infr. <span class="bibl">10</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐξ ὀλίγου</b> <b class="b2">at short notice, suddenly</b>, ἐξ ὀ. καὶ δι' ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Th.2.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">61</span>,<span class="bibl">4.108</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἐς ὀλίγον</b>, like [[παρ' ὀλίγον]], <b class="b2">within a little</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς ὀ. ἀφίκετο τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">129</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> ἐπ' ὀλίγον <b class="b2">for a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot. 4.4.29</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>7.12.22, 10.7.10, etc. ; <b class="b2">a little at a time</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>18</span> ; εἴρηται ἐν τῷ [βιβλίῳ] ἐπ' ὀλίγον <b class="b2">a little way on, near the beginning</b>, Gal.15.428. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> κατ' ὀλίγον <b class="b2">by little and little</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.69</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>85d</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Nec.</span>11</span>, etc. ; ἐκ τοῦ κατ' ὀ. <span class="bibl">D.S.15.34</span>, Ath.Med. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.1.2.6</span> : but the Adj.freq. takes the gender and number of its Subst., κατ' ὀλίγους <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.93</span>, <span class="bibl">8.113</span> ; <b class="b3">οὗτοι κατ' ὀλίγους γινόμενοι ἐμάχοντο</b> fought <b class="b2">few at a time, in small parties</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9.102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>197d</span> ; <b class="b3">κατ' ὀλίγον μαχεῖται</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν</b>) <span class="bibl">Th.4.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> μετ' ὀλίγον τούτων <b class="b2">shortly after . .</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">παρ' ὀλίγον</b> <b class="b2">with little to spare, only just</b>, ἀπέφυγες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>870</span>(lyr.) ; <b class="b2">to within a short distance of</b>, παρ' ὀ. ἦλθε . . ἐκπεσεῖν <span class="bibl">Plb. 2.55.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.46.12</span> ; but </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">παρ' ὀ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> hold of <b class="b2">small</b> account, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.6.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">σὺν ὀλίγοις</b>, = [[ἐν ὀλίγοις, ἐπαινεθῆναι]] <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Galb.</span>3</span> ; v. supr. IV.<span class="bibl">3b</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> regul. Adv. <b class="b3">ὀλίγως</b> is rare, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>2.18</span>, Aq. <span class="title">Is.</span>10.7 ; οὐκ ὀ. <span class="title">AP</span>12.205 (Strat.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">VI</span> Comparison : </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> the Comp. is commonly supplied by <b class="b3">μείων, ἥσσων</b>, or <b class="b3">ἐλάσσων</b> (qq.v.) ; the older form <b class="b3">ὀλείζων</b> (fr. <b class="b3">*ὀλειγ-yων</b>) is found in Hom., <b class="b3">λαοὶ δ' ὑπ' ὀλείζονες ἦσαν</b> (<b class="b3">ὑπολίζονες</b> codd.) <span class="bibl">Il.18.519</span> ; so in Att. Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.8 (written <b class="b3">ὄλεζον</b> ib.63.17, al.) ; <b class="b3">τοῖσι . . ὀλείζοσι μυστηρίοισιν</b> ib.6.76, cf. 95 ; <b class="b3">ὀλείζους</b> is prob. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.1</span> (<b class="b3">μείζους</b> codd.) ; so in Alexandrian Poets, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>72</span> (<b class="b3">ὀλίζοσι</b> codd.), <span class="title">AP</span>9.521 ; <b class="b3">ἐς ὀλίζονας ἀστέρας ἄρκτου</b> Poet. ap. Theodos. in Hilgard<b class="b2">Exc.exHdn</b>.p.19 ; also ὀλίζωνες <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>123</span>, <b class="b3">ὀλίζωνα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">372</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀλιζότερος</b> is found in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Al.</span> 479</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.65</span>,<span class="bibl">394</span>, cf. <b class="b3">ὀλιζόω ; ὀλιγώτερος</b> is found in Hp.<span class="title">Virg.</span>I (with the sense <b class="b2">weaker</b>, v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.4</span>), <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.70</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Pun.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mith.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>2.42</span>,<span class="bibl">6.51</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> Sup. <b class="b3">ὀλίγιστος, η, ον,</b> always of Number or Quantity, <span class="bibl">Il.19.223</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>723</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.54.7, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>115</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>628</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>473b</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">ὀλιγίστου</b>, Sup. of <b class="b3">ὀλίγου</b> (cf. IV. I), <b class="b2">very nearly</b>, Phot., Hsch. (ubi <b class="b3">ὀλιγωστοῦ</b>) ; <b class="b3">ὀλίγιστον</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">least, very little</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>587b</span> ; τὸ ὀ. <b class="b2">at least</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prm.</span>149a</span> ; ὡς ὀλίγιστα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 510a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>953a</span> (v.l. [[ὀλιγοστά]]) ; ἐν ὀλιγίστῳ διασαφῶν <span class="bibl">Eust.1262.54</span> ; so δι' ὀλιγίστων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>351d</span> (interpol.). (Aspirated in papyri of ii-iii A.D., as μεθ' ὁλίγον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>388.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">146.10</span>.)</span> | |Definition=[ῐ], η, ον, later ὀλίος (q.v.), of Size, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">little, small</b>, freq. in Hom., rarer later, opp. μέγας, σάκος <span class="bibl">Il.14.376</span> ; κῦμα <span class="bibl">Od.10.94</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ὀλίγῃ ὀπί</b> with <b class="b2">small, low</b> voice, <span class="bibl">14.492</span> ; of stature, <span class="bibl">9.515</span> ; ὀ. κῶρος <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.47</span> ; οὐκ ὀλίγης αἷμα βοὸς κέχυται Call.<span class="title">Aet.Oxy.</span>2080.85 ; of Space, ὀ. χῶρος <span class="bibl">Il.10.161</span>, etc. ; of Time, χρόνος <span class="bibl">19.157</span>,<span class="bibl">23.418</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>7.38</span>, etc. ; ἐν βραχεῖ κὠλίγῳ χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>646</span> (cf. IV. <span class="bibl">3</span>). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> sts. in a sense between that of Size and Quantity, ὀ. δόσις <span class="bibl">Od.6.208</span> ; οὖρα ὀλίγα <b class="b2">not copious</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.2</span> ; <b class="b3">ὑποστάσιες ὀλίγαι</b> <b class="b2">slight</b> sediments, ib.<span class="bibl">17</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. καὶ οὐδέν</b> <b class="b2">little</b> or nothing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23a</span> ; οὐδὲν ἢ ὀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>651b17</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> of Degree, <b class="b3">ὀ. καὶ μέγας</b> <b class="b2">of low</b> and high <b class="b2">degree</b>, <span class="bibl">Callin.1.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">weak</b>, ἀθυμοτέρη καὶ ὀλιγωτέρη φύσις <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Virg.</span> 1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> of Number, <b class="b2">few</b>, or of Quantity, <b class="b2">little</b>, not in Hom., freq. in Att., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1417</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>717</span>, etc., but rare in Trag., as ὀλίγα κακά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>330</span>.—The governing body in Oligarchies and the oligarchical party in Democracies was called <b class="b3">οἱ ὀ</b>., <span class="bibl">Th.6.38</span>,<span class="bibl">8.9</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεία, αἱ διὰ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεῖαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>291d</span>, <span class="bibl">D.60.25</span> ; ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀ. μέσον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>303a</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">ὀλίγους . . στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλεῖν</b> <b class="b2">too few</b> to engage... <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.207</span> ; μὴ . . αἱ σφέτεραι δέκα νῆες ὀλίγαι ἀμύνειν ὦσιν <span class="bibl">Th.1.50</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> neut. <b class="b3">ὀλίγον</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">a little, slightly, little</b>, with Verbs, ὀ. παρακλίνας <span class="bibl">Il.23.424</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.52</span>, <span class="bibl">12.452</span> ; φροντίσας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>163</span> ; ὀ. τοῦ ποιήματος προελθών <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>339d</span> : also neut. pl., ἠκροβολίσαντο ὀλίγα <span class="bibl">Th.3.73</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> with comp. Adjs., ὀλίγον προγενέστερος <span class="bibl">Il.23.789</span> ; ὀ. ἧσσον <span class="bibl">Od.15.365</span> ; στιβαρώτερον οὐκ ὀ. περ <span class="bibl">8.187</span> ; φέρτερος οὐκ ὀ. περ <span class="bibl">Il.19.217</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. τι πρότερον</b>, v.l. for [[ὀλίγῳ]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.79</span>,<span class="bibl">81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>262b</span>, etc. ; ὀ. ὕστερον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>454b</span>, etc. ; but <b class="b3">ὀλίγῳ</b> is more freq. in Prose, Hdt. ll.cc. (with v.l.), <span class="bibl">7.113</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>460c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>327c</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> special Phrases: </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ὀλίγου δεῖν</b> <b class="b2">almost</b> (v. <b class="b3">δεῖ</b> II); <b class="b3">ὀλίγου ἐδέησε καταλαβεῖν</b> wanted <b class="b2">but little</b> of overtaking, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.10</span>.<b class="b3">γ'</b> : hence <b class="b3">ὀλίγου</b> alone, <b class="b2">within a little, allbut, almost</b>, ὀλίγου σεκύνες διεδηλήσαντο <span class="bibl">Od.14.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>348</span>,<span class="bibl">381</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>722</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.14.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>361b</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.334</span>, etc. ; ὀ. ἅπαντες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>22b</span> ; ὀ. ἐς χιλίους <b class="b2">close upon</b> <span class="bibl">1</span>,<span class="bibl">000</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.124</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. ἦλθεν ἑλεῖν</b> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">9</span>) <span class="bibl">Paus.1.13.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> δι' ὀλίγου <b class="b2">at a short distance</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1098</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span>,<span class="bibl">3.21</span>, dub. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>762</span> (lyr.) ; for (during) <b class="b2">a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.77</span>,<span class="bibl">2.85</span>,<span class="bibl">3.43</span> ; within or after <b class="b2">a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.6.11</span>,<span class="bibl">47</span>,<span class="bibl">7.39</span>, etc. ; but </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> δι' ὀλίγων <b class="b2">in few words</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phlb.</span>31d</span>, etc. ; v. infr. VI.<span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ὀλίγῳ</b> (<b class="b3">χώρῳ</b> is added in <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.70</span>) <b class="b2">in a small space, within small compass</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1126</span> (lyr.) ; ἐν ὀ. στρατοπεδευομένοις <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span> ; <b class="b3">κυκλωθέντων ἐν ὀ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">96</span> ; εἰς ταὐτὸ πάντα . . ἁθροίσαντ' ἐν ὀ. <span class="bibl">D.3.18</span> ; also <b class="b3">ἐν ὀ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">χρόνῳ</b>) <b class="b2">for a brief time</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.92</span> ; but also, <b class="b2">in a short time, quickly</b>, ἔγνων καὶ περὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ὀ. τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>22b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.55</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>26.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ὀλίγοις</b> <b class="b2">one among few</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">exceedingly, remarkably</b>, ποταμὸς ἐν ὀ. μέγας <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.52</span> ; ἐν ὀλίγοισι Περσέων . . ἀνὴρ δόκιμος <span class="bibl">Id.9.41</span> : freq. in later writers, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Pomp.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.3.1</span> ; so <b class="b3">σὺν ὀλίγοις</b>, v. infr. <span class="bibl">10</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐξ ὀλίγου</b> <b class="b2">at short notice, suddenly</b>, ἐξ ὀ. καὶ δι' ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Th.2.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">61</span>,<span class="bibl">4.108</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἐς ὀλίγον</b>, like [[παρ' ὀλίγον]], <b class="b2">within a little</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς ὀ. ἀφίκετο τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">129</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> ἐπ' ὀλίγον <b class="b2">for a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot. 4.4.29</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>7.12.22, 10.7.10, etc. ; <b class="b2">a little at a time</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>18</span> ; εἴρηται ἐν τῷ [βιβλίῳ] ἐπ' ὀλίγον <b class="b2">a little way on, near the beginning</b>, Gal.15.428. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> κατ' ὀλίγον <b class="b2">by little and little</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.69</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>85d</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Nec.</span>11</span>, etc. ; ἐκ τοῦ κατ' ὀ. <span class="bibl">D.S.15.34</span>, Ath.Med. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.1.2.6</span> : but the Adj.freq. takes the gender and number of its Subst., κατ' ὀλίγους <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.93</span>, <span class="bibl">8.113</span> ; <b class="b3">οὗτοι κατ' ὀλίγους γινόμενοι ἐμάχοντο</b> fought <b class="b2">few at a time, in small parties</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9.102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>197d</span> ; <b class="b3">κατ' ὀλίγον μαχεῖται</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν</b>) <span class="bibl">Th.4.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> μετ' ὀλίγον τούτων <b class="b2">shortly after . .</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">παρ' ὀλίγον</b> <b class="b2">with little to spare, only just</b>, ἀπέφυγες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>870</span>(lyr.) ; <b class="b2">to within a short distance of</b>, παρ' ὀ. ἦλθε . . ἐκπεσεῖν <span class="bibl">Plb. 2.55.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.46.12</span> ; but </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">παρ' ὀ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> hold of <b class="b2">small</b> account, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.6.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">σὺν ὀλίγοις</b>, = [[ἐν ὀλίγοις, ἐπαινεθῆναι]] <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Galb.</span>3</span> ; v. supr. IV.<span class="bibl">3b</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> regul. Adv. <b class="b3">ὀλίγως</b> is rare, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>2.18</span>, Aq. <span class="title">Is.</span>10.7 ; οὐκ ὀ. <span class="title">AP</span>12.205 (Strat.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">VI</span> Comparison : </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> the Comp. is commonly supplied by <b class="b3">μείων, ἥσσων</b>, or <b class="b3">ἐλάσσων</b> (qq.v.) ; the older form <b class="b3">ὀλείζων</b> (fr. <b class="b3">*ὀλειγ-yων</b>) is found in Hom., <b class="b3">λαοὶ δ' ὑπ' ὀλείζονες ἦσαν</b> (<b class="b3">ὑπολίζονες</b> codd.) <span class="bibl">Il.18.519</span> ; so in Att. Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.8 (written <b class="b3">ὄλεζον</b> ib.63.17, al.) ; <b class="b3">τοῖσι . . ὀλείζοσι μυστηρίοισιν</b> ib.6.76, cf. 95 ; <b class="b3">ὀλείζους</b> is prob. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.1</span> (<b class="b3">μείζους</b> codd.) ; so in Alexandrian Poets, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>72</span> (<b class="b3">ὀλίζοσι</b> codd.), <span class="title">AP</span>9.521 ; <b class="b3">ἐς ὀλίζονας ἀστέρας ἄρκτου</b> Poet. ap. Theodos. in Hilgard<b class="b2">Exc.exHdn</b>.p.19 ; also ὀλίζωνες <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>123</span>, <b class="b3">ὀλίζωνα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">372</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀλιζότερος</b> is found in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Al.</span> 479</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.65</span>,<span class="bibl">394</span>, cf. <b class="b3">ὀλιζόω ; ὀλιγώτερος</b> is found in Hp.<span class="title">Virg.</span>I (with the sense <b class="b2">weaker</b>, v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.4</span>), <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.70</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Pun.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mith.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>2.42</span>,<span class="bibl">6.51</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> Sup. <b class="b3">ὀλίγιστος, η, ον,</b> always of Number or Quantity, <span class="bibl">Il.19.223</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>723</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.54.7, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>115</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>628</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>473b</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">ὀλιγίστου</b>, Sup. of <b class="b3">ὀλίγου</b> (cf. IV. I), <b class="b2">very nearly</b>, Phot., Hsch. (ubi <b class="b3">ὀλιγωστοῦ</b>) ; <b class="b3">ὀλίγιστον</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">least, very little</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>587b</span> ; τὸ ὀ. <b class="b2">at least</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prm.</span>149a</span> ; ὡς ὀλίγιστα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 510a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>953a</span> (v.l. [[ὀλιγοστά]]) ; ἐν ὀλιγίστῳ διασαφῶν <span class="bibl">Eust.1262.54</span> ; so δι' ὀλιγίστων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>351d</span> (interpol.). (Aspirated in papyri of ii-iii A.D., as μεθ' ὁλίγον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>388.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">146.10</span>.)</span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0321.png Seite 321]] <b class="b2">wenig</b>; zunächst von der Menge, Ggstz von [[πολύς]]; ὀλίγ' [[ἀπαγγέλλω]] κακά, Aesch. Pers. 322; ἀριθμὸν ὀλίγον, kleine Zahl, Eur. Herc. fur. 6; in Prosa überall, ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀλίγον [[μέσον]], Plat. Polit. 303 a; in ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀλίγων [[δυναστεία]], ib. 291 d sind οἱ ὀλίγοι, im Ggstz gegen τὸ [[πλῆθος]], die wenigen Herrschenden, die Regierungspartei in der Oligarchie; Thuc. 8, 9 u. öfter; αἱ διὰ τῶν ὀλίγων δυναστεῖαι, Dem. 60, 25, vgl. Lept. 108; Arist.; – von räumlicher Ausdehnung, <b class="b2">klein</b>; [[ὀλίγος]] δ' ἔτι [[χῶρος]] ἐρύκει, Il. 10, 161; ὀλίγῳ ἐνὶ χώρῳ, 12, 423; ὀλίγη δ' ἦν ἀμφὶς [[ἄρουρα]], 3, 115; von körperlicher Größe, [[Αἴας]], Oileus Sohn, 2, 529; Od. 9, 515; [[κῦμα]] [[οὔτε]] μέγ' οὔτ' ὀλίγον, 10, 94; [[σάκος]], Il. 14, 376; ἐν ὀλίγῳ χώρῳ, Her. 9, 70; von der Zeit, [[χρόνος]], Il. 19, 157. 23, 418; ὀλίγη δέ τ' [[ἀνάπνευσις]] πολέμοιο, 11, 801; von der Zeit auch Pind. N. 7, 38; ὀλίγον γὰρ χρόνον ἀλλήλοις διειλέγμεθα, Plat. Apol. 37 a. – Uebh. <b class="b2">gering</b>; ὀλίγον δέ μιν [[ἄχθος]] ἐπείγει, Il. 12, 452; [[δόσις]] ὀλίγη τε [[φίλη]] τε, Od. 6, 208, wie οὐκ ὀλίγαν δόσιν Pind. P. 10, 20; c. inf., zu wenig, um zu, ἐόντων αὐτῶν ὀλίγων τὸν Μήδων στρατὸν ἀλέξασθαι, Her. 7, 207, vgl. 6, 109; [[δέκα]] [[νῆες]] ὀλίγαι ἀμύνειν, Thuc. 1, 50. – Adverbial ὀλίγ ο ν, <b class="b2">ein wenig</b>, gar wenig; ἱππῆες δ' ὀλίγον μετεκίαθον, Il. 11, 52; ὀλίγον δὲ παρακλίνας, 23, 424; ἐμεῖ' ὀλίγον προγενέστε ρός ἐστιν, ibd. 789; so bes. bei comparat., ὀλίγον σοφώτερος, Eur. Hipp. 987; ὀλίγον τι πρότερον τούτων, Her. 4, 81. (v. l. ὀλίγῳ, s. unten); τὰ λεχθέντα ὀλίγον [[ἔμπροσθεν]], Plat. Phaedr. 277 d; ὀλίγον πρότερον, [[ὕστερον]], Polit. 262 b Gorg. 454 b u. öfter; Xen. An. 7, 2, 20 u. Sp. – Aber beim comparat. steht auch eben so oft ὀλίγῳ, z. B. πρότερον, [[ὕστερον]], Plat. Gorg. 460 c Rep. I, 327 b; οὐκ ὀλίγῳ μου πλεονεκτεῖν διανοεῖ, nicht um ein weniges, Conv. 218 e; – ὀλίγου, <b class="b2">um ein weniges</b>, <b class="b2">fast</b>, beinahe; Od. 14, 37; μεταξὺ δ' ἀλκὰ δι' ὀλίγου τείνει [[πύργος]] ἐν εὔρει, Aesch. Spt. 744; eigtl. vom Preise, [[ταῦτα]] ἕτερον ἂν διδάξειεν ὀλίγου, für einen geringen Preis. für ein weniges, Plat. Soph. 234 a (vgl. auch ὀλί. γου [[δεῖν]] unter δέω) <b class="b2">fast</b>, Prot. 361 c Phaedr. 258 e u. öfter; ὀλίγου εἰς χιλίους, fast an Tausend, Thuc. 4, 124, v. l. ὀλίγῳ; – παρ' ὀλίγον ποιεῖσθαι, gering achten, Xen. An. 6, 4, 11; παρ' ὀλίγον διέλυσαν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, beinahe, Pol. 18, 29, 12; παρ' ὀλίγον ἦλθε τοῦ ἐκπεσεῖν, 2, 55, 4; παρ' ὀλίγον ἦλθε τὰ πράγματα τοῦ πάντας ἐπανελθεῖν, es kam beinahe so weit, 33, 2, 1, öfter; – <b class="b2">κατ ' ὀλίγον</b>, bei Kleinem, nach u. nach, allmälig, Plat. Tim. 85 d; Her. sagt auch οὗτοι κατ' ὀλίγους γιγνόμενοι ἐμάχοντο, sie kämpften in kleinen Abtheilungen, vereinzelt, 9, 102; τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων ἐξελέγετο κατ' ὀλίγους, 8, 113; τῶν ὠῶν ἀποῤῥαίνουσι κατ' ὀλίγους τῶν [[κέγχρων]], 2, 93; κατ' ὀλίγας, Plat. Theaet. 197 d, Sp., wie Pol. 8, 16, 6; Hdn. 2, 7, 10 u. öfter; – <b class="b2">δι' ὀλίγων</b>, mit Wenigem, in Kürze, εἰ δεῖ δι' ὀλίγων περὶ μεγίστων ὅτι τάχιστα ῥηθῆναι, Plat. Phil. 31 d; Legg. VI, 778 c; – ἐν ὀλίγῳ, in Kurzem, Apol. 22 b; – δι' ὀλίγου, in kurzem Zwischenraume, bald darauf, ἡ δι' ὀλίγου [[μελέτη]], im Ggstz von ἡ ἐκ πολλοῦ [[ἐμπειρία]], Thuc. 2, 85, vgl. 5, 69; δι' ὀλίγου ἀπελθεῖν, bald, schnell, 6, 11, auch δι' ὀλίγων, vgl. Valck. Eur. Phoen. 1105; – ἐπ' ὀλίγον, auf kurze Zeit; μετ' ὀλίγον, nach Kurzem, Plat. Legg. XII, 950 d; – <b class="b2">ἐξ ὀλίγου</b>, seit Kurzem, dah. plötzlich, Thuc. 2, 61. 5, 64. – Den regelmäßigen comparat. ὀλιγώτερος haben erst Sp., Ael. H. A. 2, 42. 6, 51; auch bei Hippocr. soll er vorkommen, – Das adv. ὀλίγως ist selten, vielleicht nur Strat. 47 (XII, 205). – Superlat. [[ὀλίγιστος]], nur auf die Zahl, Menge gehend, Il. 19, 223, Hes. O. 721; καὶ τοῦτο φύσει ὀλίγιστον γίγνεται [[γένος]], Plat. Rep. IV, 428 e; ὀλίγιστοι τὸν ἀριθμόν, V, 473 b; ὅτι σμικρόταται και ὀλίγισται ἀδικίαι, Legg. V, 743 b; δύο ἄρα δεῖ τὸ ὀλίγιστον εἶναι, zwei zum wenigsten, Parm. 149 a; auch δι' ὀλιγίστων ἔσφηλε καὶ Δίωνα (vgl. δι' ὀλίγου), Ep. VII, 351 d; einzeln bei den Folgdn; Sp. bilden auch davon noch [[ὀλιγίστατος]] u. das adv. ὀλιγίστως. – Die unregelmäßigen [[ὀλίζων]], [[ὀλιζότερος]] s. besonders. – In Beziehung auf die Größe wird als comparat. zu [[ὀλίγος]] auch [[μείων]] u. [[ἐλάσσων]] gebraucht, als superl. ἐλάχ ιστος, [[ἥκιστος]]. | |||
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