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σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν → it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks, it is hard for you to kick against the goads
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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 | |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. | |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. [[ἐλάχιστος]], [[ἥκιστος]]. | ||
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[ῐ], η, ον, later ὀλίος (q.v.), of Size,
A little, small, freq. in Hom., rarer later, opp. μέγας, σάκος Il.14.376 ; κῦμα Od.10.94, etc. ; ὀλίγῃ ὀπί with small, low voice, 14.492 ; of stature, 9.515 ; ὀ. κῶρος Theoc.1.47 ; οὐκ ὀλίγης αἷμα βοὸς κέχυται Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.85 ; of Space, ὀ. χῶρος Il.10.161, etc. ; of Time, χρόνος 19.157,23.418, Pi. N.7.38, etc. ; ἐν βραχεῖ κὠλίγῳ χρόνῳ S.Fr.646 (cf. IV. 3). 2 sts. in a sense between that of Size and Quantity, ὀ. δόσις Od.6.208 ; οὖρα ὀλίγα not copious, Hp.Epid.1.2 ; ὑποστάσιες ὀλίγαι slight sediments, ib.17 ; ὀ. καὶ οὐδέν little or nothing, Pl.Ap.23a ; οὐδὲν ἢ ὀ. Arist.PA651b17. 3 of Degree, ὀ. καὶ μέγας of low and high degree, Callin.1.17. 4 weak, ἀθυμοτέρη καὶ ὀλιγωτέρη φύσις Hp.Virg. 1. II of Number, few, or of Quantity, little, not in Hom., freq. in Att., Ar.Av.1417, Eq.717, etc., but rare in Trag., as ὀλίγα κακά A.Pers.330.—The governing body in Oligarchies and the oligarchical party in Democracies was called οἱ ὀ., Th.6.38,8.9, etc. ; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεία, αἱ διὰ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεῖαι, Pl.Plt.291d, D.60.25 ; ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀ. μέσον Pl.Plt.303a. 2 c. inf., ὀλίγους . . στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλεῖν too few to engage... Hdt.6.109, cf. 7.207 ; μὴ . . αἱ σφέτεραι δέκα νῆες ὀλίγαι ἀμύνειν ὦσιν Th.1.50. III neut. ὀλίγον as Adv., a little, slightly, little, with Verbs, ὀ. παρακλίνας Il.23.424, cf. 11.52, 12.452 ; φροντίσας E.Cyc.163 ; ὀ. τοῦ ποιήματος προελθών Pl.Prt.339d : also neut. pl., ἠκροβολίσαντο ὀλίγα Th.3.73. 2 with comp. Adjs., ὀλίγον προγενέστερος Il.23.789 ; ὀ. ἧσσον Od.15.365 ; στιβαρώτερον οὐκ ὀ. περ 8.187 ; φέρτερος οὐκ ὀ. περ Il.19.217 ; ὀ. τι πρότερον, v.l. for ὀλίγῳ, Hdt.4.79,81, cf. Pl.Plt.262b, etc. ; ὀ. ὕστερον Id.Grg.454b, etc. ; but ὀλίγῳ is more freq. in Prose, Hdt. ll.cc. (with v.l.), 7.113, al., Pl.Grg.460c, R.327c, etc. IV special Phrases: 1 ὀλίγου δεῖν almost (v. δεῖ II); ὀλίγου ἐδέησε καταλαβεῖν wanted but little of overtaking, Hdt.7.10.γ' : hence ὀλίγου alone, within a little, allbut, almost, ὀλίγου σεκύνες διεδηλήσαντο Od.14.37, cf. Ar.Ach.348,381,Nu.722, Lys.14.17, Pl.Prt.361b, D.19.334, etc. ; ὀ. ἅπαντες Pl.Ap.22b ; ὀ. ἐς χιλίους close upon 1,000, Th.4.124 ; ὀ. ἦλθεν ἑλεῖν (v. infr. 9) Paus.1.13.6. 2 δι' ὀλίγου at a short distance, E.Ph.1098, Th.2.89,3.21, dub. in A.Th.762 (lyr.) ; for (during) a short time, Th.1.77,2.85,3.43 ; within or after a short time, Id.6.11,47,7.39, etc. ; but b δι' ὀλίγων in few words, Pl. Phlb.31d, etc. ; v. infr. VI.2. 3 ἐν ὀλίγῳ (χώρῳ is added in Hdt. 9.70) in a small space, within small compass, E.Supp.1126 (lyr.) ; ἐν ὀ. στρατοπεδευομένοις Th.4.26 ; κυκλωθέντων ἐν ὀ. ib.96 ; εἰς ταὐτὸ πάντα . . ἁθροίσαντ' ἐν ὀ. D.3.18 ; also ἐν ὀ. (sc. χρόνῳ) for a brief time, Pi.P.8.92 ; but also, in a short time, quickly, ἔγνων καὶ περὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ὀ. τοῦτο Pl.Ap.22b, cf. Th.4.55, Act.Ap.26.28. b ἐν ὀλίγοις one among few, i.e. exceedingly, remarkably, ποταμὸς ἐν ὀ. μέγας Hdt.4.52 ; ἐν ὀλίγοισι Περσέων . . ἀνὴρ δόκιμος Id.9.41 : freq. in later writers, Plu. Pomp.10, Hld.3.1 ; so σὺν ὀλίγοις, v. infr. 10. 4 ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, suddenly, ἐξ ὀ. καὶ δι' ὀργῆς Th.2.11, cf. 61,4.108, etc. 5 ἐς ὀλίγον, like παρ' ὀλίγον, within a little, ἐς ὀ. ἀφίκετο τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι ib.129. 6 ἐπ' ὀλίγον for a short time, Hp.Prorrh.1.26, Plot. 4.4.29, Gp.7.12.22, 10.7.10, etc. ; a little at a time, Hp.VC18 ; εἴρηται ἐν τῷ [βιβλίῳ] ἐπ' ὀλίγον a little way on, near the beginning, Gal.15.428. 7 κατ' ὀλίγον by little and little, Th.1.69, Pl.Ti.85d, Luc. Nec.11, etc. ; ἐκ τοῦ κατ' ὀ. D.S.15.34, Ath.Med. ap. Orib.1.2.6 : but the Adj.freq. takes the gender and number of its Subst., κατ' ὀλίγους Hdt.2.93, 8.113 ; οὗτοι κατ' ὀλίγους γινόμενοι ἐμάχοντο fought few at a time, in small parties, Id.9.102, cf. Pl.Tht.197d ; κατ' ὀλίγον μαχεῖται (sc. τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν) Th.4.10. 8 μετ' ὀλίγον τούτων shortly after . ., X.HG1.1.2. 9 παρ' ὀλίγον with little to spare, only just, ἀπέφυγες E.IT870(lyr.) ; to within a short distance of, παρ' ὀ. ἦλθε . . ἐκπεσεῖν Plb. 2.55.4, cf. 18.46.12 ; but b παρ' ὀ. ποιεῖσθαι hold of small account, X.An.6.6.11. 10 σὺν ὀλίγοις, = ἐν ὀλίγοις, ἐπαινεθῆναι Plu.Galb.3 ; v. supr. IV.3b. V regul. Adv. ὀλίγως is rare, 2 Ep.Pet.2.18, Aq. Is.10.7 ; οὐκ ὀ. AP12.205 (Strat.). VI Comparison : 1 the Comp. is commonly supplied by μείων, ἥσσων, or ἐλάσσων (qq.v.) ; the older form ὀλείζων (fr. *ὀλειγ-yων) is found in Hom., λαοὶ δ' ὑπ' ὀλείζονες ἦσαν (ὑπολίζονες codd.) Il.18.519 ; so in Att. Inscrr., IG12.76.8 (written ὄλεζον ib.63.17, al.) ; τοῖσι . . ὀλείζοσι μυστηρίοισιν ib.6.76, cf. 95 ; ὀλείζους is prob. in X.Ath.2.1 (μείζους codd.) ; so in Alexandrian Poets, Call.Jov.72 (ὀλίζοσι codd.), AP9.521 ; ἐς ὀλίζονας ἀστέρας ἄρκτου Poet. ap. Theodos. in HilgardExc.exHdn.p.19 ; also ὀλίζωνες Nic.Th.123, ὀλίζωνα ib.372 ; ὀλιζότερος is found in Id.Al. 479, Opp.C.3.65,394, cf. ὀλιζόω ; ὀλιγώτερος is found in Hp.Virg.I (with the sense weaker, v. supr. 1.4), S.E.M.1.70, App.Pun.42, Mith.24, Ael.NA2.42,6.51. 2 Sup. ὀλίγιστος, η, ον, always of Number or Quantity, Il.19.223, Hes.Op.723, IG12.54.7, Ar.Ra.115, Pl.628, Pl.R.473b, al. ; ὀλιγίστου, Sup. of ὀλίγου (cf. IV. I), very nearly, Phot., Hsch. (ubi ὀλιγωστοῦ) ; ὀλίγιστον as Adv., least, very little, Pl.R.587b ; τὸ ὀ. at least, Id.Prm.149a ; ὡς ὀλίγιστα Id.Grg. 510a, Lg.953a (v.l. ὀλιγοστά) ; ἐν ὀλιγίστῳ διασαφῶν Eust.1262.54 ; so δι' ὀλιγίστων Pl.Ep.351d (interpol.). (Aspirated in papyri of ii-iii A.D., as μεθ' ὁλίγον BGU388.11, cf. 146.10.)
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[Seite 321] wenig; 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, klein; 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. gering; 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, ein wenig, 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, um ein weniges, fast, 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) fast, 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; – κατ ' ὀλίγον, 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; – δι' ὀλίγων, 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; – ἐξ ὀλίγου, 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. ἐλάχιστος, ἥκιστος.