δι’ ὀλίγον | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Small in number or amount; few, little. Also of short duration or slight extent, “brief” or “scant.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"δι’ ὀλίγον"

Δι’: {'part_of_speech': 'preposition (elided form)', 'lemma': 'διά', 'verb_type': 'not a verb', 'governs_case_here': 'genitive', 'function': "preposition; with genitive expresses duration/extent of time ('for, during')", 'note': 'Elision of διά before a vowel with smooth breathing: διά → δι’'}

Ὀλίγον: {'part_of_speech': 'adjective (substantivized)', 'lemma': 'ὀλίγος, -η, -ον', 'case': 'genitive', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'neuter', 'declension': '1st/2nd declension adjective (2-1-2 pattern)', 'degree': 'positive', 'syntactic_role': "object of the preposition διά in the genitive; substantivized = 'a short time/while'"}

Overall sense: δι’ ὀλίγον = 'for a short time', 'briefly'

Related Forms of ὀλίγος

8 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ὀλίγην accusative, singular, feminine ὀλίγον accusative, singular, neuter ὀλίγου genitive, singular, masculine/neuter (same form) ὀλίγον accusative, singular, neuter ὀλίγος nominative, singular, masculine ολιγῳ dative, singular, masculine/neuter ολίγου genitive, singular, masculine or neuter ὀλίγῳ dative, singular, masculine or neuter

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