Библейское слово «ὀλίγος» в греческих словарях

ὀλίγος 3 (ῐ) (compar. ὀλιγώτερος, ὀλείζων или ὀλίζων, тж. μείων и ἐλάσσων; superl. ὀλίγιστος, тж. ἐλάχιστος и ἥκιστος)

1) небольшой, малый (ἀριθμός Eur.; χῶρος Hom.): δι᾽ ὀλίγου Thuc. на небольшом расстоянии; ἐξ ὀλίγου τὰ πολλά Thuc. из малого (возникает) великое;

2) непродолжительный, короткий (ἀνάπνευσις Hom.; χρόνος Plat.): δι᾽ ὀλίγου Thuc. в течение короткого времени; ἐν ὀλίγῳ Plat. за короткое время (ср. 3); δι᾽ ὀλίγων Eur. немного спустя; κατ᾽ ὀλίγον Thuc. мало-помалу;

3) небольшой, немногий, немногочисленный (ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀλίγον μέσον Plat.): κατ᾽ ὀλίγους μάχεσθαι Her. сражаться небольшими группами; οἱ ὀλίγοι Plat. олигархи; δι᾽ ὀλίγων Plat. в немногих словах; ἐν ὀλίγῳ με πείθῃ NT ты почти убедил меня (ср. 2);

4) малочисленный, недостаточный (ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι NT): νῆες ὀλίγαι ἀμύνειν Thuc. корабли в недостаточном для оборонительных действий количестве — см. тж. ὀλίγον.

ὀλίγος, -η, -ον
(on οὐχ ὁλ., see infr.), [in LXX chiefly for מָעַט ;]
of number, quantity, size, few, little, small, slight: Mat.9:37; 15:34, Mrk.6:5; 8:7, Luk.10:2; 12:48 (sc. πληγάς, opposite to πολλάς), 1Ti.5:23, Heb.12:10, Rev.3:4; 12:12; οὐκ ὀ. (in the best uncials written οὐκ ὁ.; see WH, App., 143; M, Pr., 44; Thackeray, Gr., 126 f.), Act.12:18; 14:28; 15:2 (with genitive part.) Act.17:4, 12; 19:23-24; 27:20; pl., absol., Mat.7:14; 20:16 (WH, txt., RV, om.) Mat.22:14, Luk.13:23, 1Pe.3:20. Neut. sing (τὸ) ὀ.: Luk.7:47, 2Co.8:15; πρὸς ὀλίγον, 1Ti.4:8, Jas.4:14; ἐν ὀ., Act.26:28-29 (with little effort; see Page, in l); id., in brief, Eph.3:3 adverbially, ὀλίγον, of time, Mrk.6:31, 1Pe.1:6; 5:10, Rev.17:10; of space, Mrk.1:19, Luk.5:3; pl., ὀλίγα, Luk.10:42, Rev.2:14; ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγα, Mat.25:21, 23; δι᾽ ὀλίγων, in few words, briefly, 1Pe.5:12 (cf. Plat., Legg., vi, 778 e).†
**ὀλίγως, adv.
(ὀλίγος), [in Aq.: Isa.10:7 * ;]
a little, almost, all but: 2Pe.2:18†
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ὀλίγος [ῐ], η, ον,
later ὀλίος (which see), of Size, little, small, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀλίγῃ ὀπί with small, low voice, [Refs]; of stature,[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of Space, ὀ. χῶρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Time, χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 sometimes in a sense between that of Size and Quantity, ὀ. δόσις [Refs 8th c.BC+]not copious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑποστάσιες ὀλίγαι slight sediments, [Refs]; ὀ. καὶ οὐδέν little or nothing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3 of Degree, ὀ. καὶ μέγας of low and high degree, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
4 weak, ἀθυμοτέρη καὶ ὀλιγωτέρη φύσις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II of Number, few, or of Quantity, little, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+], but rare in Trag., as ὀλίγα κακά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεία, αἱ διὰ τῶν ὀ. δυναστεῖαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 with infinitive, ὀλίγους.. στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλεῖν too few to engage.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III neuter ὀλίγον as adverb, a little, slightly, little, with Verbs, ὀ. παρακλίνας [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2 with comparative adjectives, ὀλίγον προγενέστερος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀ. τι πρότερον, variant forὀλίγῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὀλίγῳ is more frequently in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV special Phrases:
IV.1 ὀλίγου δεῖν almost (see. δεῖ II); ὀλίγου ἐδέησε καταλαβεῖν wanted but little of overtaking, [Refs 5th c.BC+] alone, within a little, allbut, almost, ὀλίγου σεκύνες διεδηλήσαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]close upon [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀ. ἦλθεν ἑλεῖν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV.2 δι᾽ ὀλίγου at a short distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for (during) a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; within or after a short time, [Refs]; but
IV.2.b δι᾽ ὀλίγων in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.3 ἐν ὀλίγῳ (χώρῳ is added in [Refs 5th c.BC+] in a small space, within small compass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυκλωθέντων ἐν ὀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+]; also ἐν ὀ. (i.e. χρόνῳ) for a brief time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, in a short time, quickly, ἔγνων καὶ περὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ὀ. τοῦτο [NT+5th c.BC+]
IV.3.b ἐν ὀλίγοις one among few, i.e. exceedingly, remarkably, ποταμὸς ἐν ὀ. μέγας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in later writers, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV.4 ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, suddenly, ἐξ ὀ. καὶ δι᾽ ὀργῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.5 ἐς ὀλίγον, likeπαρ᾽ ὀλίγον, within a little, ἐς ὀ. ἀφίκετο τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι [Refs]
IV.6 ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγον for a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a little at a time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]a little way on, near the beginning, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV.7 κατ᾽ ὀλίγον by little and little, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but the adjective frequently takes the gender and number of its substantive, κατ᾽ ὀλίγους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὗτοι κατ᾽ ὀλίγους γινόμενοι ἐμάχοντο fought few at a time, in small parties, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὀλίγον μαχεῖται (i.e. τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.8 μετ᾽ ὀλίγον τούτων shortly after.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.9 παρ᾽ ὀλίγον with little to spare, only just, ἀπέφυγες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to within a short distance of, παρ᾽ ὀ. ἦλθε.. ἐκπεσεῖν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; but
IV.9.b παρ᾽ ὀ. ποιεῖσθαι hold of small account, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.10 σὺν ὀλίγοις, =ἐν ὀλίγοις, ἐπαινεθῆναι [Refs 1st c.AD+]
V regular adverb ὀλίγως is rare, [NT+2nd c.AD+]
VI Comparison:
VI.1 the comparative is commonly supplied by μείων, ἥσσων, or ἐλάσσων (which see); the older form ὀλείζων (from *ὀλειγ-yων) is found in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Alexandrian Poets, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐς ὀλίζονας ἀστέρας ἄρκτου poetical cited in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὀλιζότερος is found in [Refs 3rd c.AD+], compare ὀλιζό; ὀλιγώτερος is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (with the sense weaker, see[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VI.2 superlative ὀλίγιστος, η, ον, always of Number or Quantity, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀλιγίστου, superlative of ὀλίγου (cf. IV. I), very nearly, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὀλίγιστον as adverb, least, very little, [Refs 5th c.BC+]at least, [Refs]; ἐν ὀλιγίστῳ διασαφῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0