ὈΛΙΓΩΤΕΡΟΙ, ὀλιγωτεροι
OLIGŌTEROI, oligōteroi
Sounds Like: oh-lee-GOH-teh-roy
Translations: fewer, less, a fewer, a less
From the root: ΟΛΙΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the masculine or feminine plural form of the comparative adjective 'oligoteros', meaning 'fewer' or 'less'. It is used to describe a smaller quantity or number of something, often in comparison to another group or amount. For example, it could be used to say 'fewer people' or 'less resources'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine, Comparative
Strong’s number: G3641 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 7:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΙΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὈΛΙΓΗΝ — little, a little, small, few, a few
- ὈΛΙΓΗΣ — (of) little, (of) small, (of) few, (of) a little, (of) a small, (of) a few
- ὈΛΙΓΌΩ — to make little, to make small, to diminish, to lessen, to be little, to be small, to be diminished, to be lessened
- ὈΛΙΓΟΥΣ — few, a few, little, a little
- ὈΛΙΓΩΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) fewer, (to) less, (to) a smaller number
- ΟΛΙΓ — little, few, small, a little, a few
- ΟΛΙΓΑ — few, little, small, a few things
- ΟΛΙΓΑΣ — few, a few, little, a little, small, a small
- ΟΛΙΓΗ — little, a little, small, few, a few, short, a short time
- ΟΛΙΓΗΝ — little, a little, small, a small, few, a few
- ΟΛΙΓΗΣ — of little, of small, of a little, of a small, of few, of a few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΙ — few, a few, little
- ΟΛΙΓΟΙΣ — to few, to a few, with few, with a few, by few, by a few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΝ — little, a little, small, few, a few, for a little while, briefly, short, a short time
- ΟΛΙΓΟΣ — little, few, small, short, a little, a few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΣΤΟΝ — least, smallest, very little, a very little
- ΟΛΙΓΟΣΤΟΥΣ — fewest, very few, a very few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΥ — of little, of few, a little, few, a short time, almost, nearly
- ΟΛΙΓΟΥΣ — few, a few, little, a little, small, a small
- ΟΛΙΓΩ — to a few, to a little, with a little, by a little, a little
- ΟΛΙΓΩΕΙΣ — you are of little faith, you have little faith, you are faithless, you are unbelieving
- ΟΛΙΓΩΝ — of few, of a few, of little, of a little
- ΟΛΙΓΩΣ — scarcely, hardly, a little, slightly, few, briefly
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