ὀλιγόθερμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὀλῐγο- (oligo-, “little”, “slight”) +‎ -θερμος (-thermos, “warm”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡó.tʰer.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡo.tʰɛr.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.θer.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.θer.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣo.θer.mos/

Adjective

ὀλῐγόθερμος • (oligóthermos) m or f (neuter ὀλῐγόθερμον); second declension

having little heat
1. of cold-blooded animals
  - 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 652b.25
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 718b.37
2. of the spleen
  - 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 670b.7

Declension

Second declension of ὀλῐγόθερμος; ὀλῐγόθερμον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀλῐγόθερμος oligóthermos	ὀλῐγόθερμον oligóthermon	ὀλῐγοθέρμω oligothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμω oligothérmō	ὀλῐγόθερμοι oligóthermoi	ὀλῐγόθερμᾰ oligótherma
Genitive	ὀλῐγοθέρμου oligothérmou	ὀλῐγοθέρμου oligothérmou	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν oligothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν oligothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμων oligothérmōn	ὀλῐγοθέρμων oligothérmōn
Dative	ὀλῐγοθέρμῳ oligothérmōi	ὀλῐγοθέρμῳ oligothérmōi	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν oligothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμοιν oligothérmoin	ὀλῐγοθέρμοις oligothérmois	ὀλῐγοθέρμοις oligothérmois
Accusative	ὀλῐγόθερμον oligóthermon	ὀλῐγόθερμον oligóthermon	ὀλῐγοθέρμω oligothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμω oligothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμους oligothérmous	ὀλῐγόθερμᾰ oligótherma
Vocative	ὀλῐγόθερμε oligótherme	ὀλῐγόθερμον oligóthermon	ὀλῐγοθέρμω oligothérmō	ὀλῐγοθέρμω oligothérmō	ὀλῐγόθερμοι oligóthermoi	ὀλῐγόθερμᾰ oligótherma
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ὀλῐγοθέρμως oligothérmōs		ὀλῐγοθερμότερος oligothermóteros		ὀλῐγοθερμότᾰτος oligothermótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀλῐγοθερμῐ́ᾱ (oligothermíā)

Descendants

English: oligotherm
German: oligotherm

References

ὀλῐγόθερμος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὀλιγόθερμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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