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ὀλιγόω

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: ὀλῐγόω Medium diacritics: ὀλιγόω Low diacritics: ολιγόω Capitals: ΟΛΙΓΟΩ
Transliteration A: oligóō Transliteration B: oligoō Transliteration C: oligoo Beta Code: o)ligo/w

English (LSJ)

lessen, diminish, ἐν ἀπειλῇ -ώσεις γῆν LXX Hb.3.12; ἔτη ἀσεβῶν -ωθήσεται ib.Pr.10.27; ὠλιγώθη ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ his soul was grieved, ib.Jd.10.16,al.

German (Pape)

[Seite 322] wenig, klein machen, Orac. Sib., Eust.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀλῐγόω: ἐλαττώνω, «ὀλιγοστεύω», πρβλ. ὀλιγοποιέω. Εὐστ. 143. 22, Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ.· - ἐν τῷ Παθητ., Ἑβδ. (Κριτ. Ι΄, 16). ΙΙ. = λιποψυχέω, ὅλως ὀλιγωθεὶς τὴν ψυχήν, ὀλιγοθυμήσας, ἴδε σημ. Κοραῆ εἰς Ἡλιοδώρου Αἰθ. τ. 2, σ. 171, Εὐμάθ. 341.