"λιγοστός" meaning in Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /li.ɣoˈstos/
Etymology: Inherited from Byzantine Greek λιγοστός (ligostós), form of ὀλιγοστός (oligostós) from the Ancient Greek ὀλιγοστός (oligostós), with omission of initial ⟨ο⟩, perceived as an article (ὁ (ho)). Also see λίγος (lígos). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|el|gkm|λιγοστός|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Byzantine Greek λιγοστός (ligostós), {{inh+|el|gkm|λιγοστός}} Inherited from Byzantine Greek λιγοστός (ligostós), {{m|grc|ὀλιγοστός}} ὀλιγοστός (oligostós), {{inh|el|grc|ὀλιγοστός}} Ancient Greek ὀλιγοστός (oligostós), {{lang|grc|ο}} ο, {{m|grc|ὁ#Article|ὁ}} ὁ (ho), {{m|el|λίγος}} λίγος (lígos) Head templates: {{head|el|adjective|feminine|λιγοστή|||||neuter|λιγοστό|||g=m|head=|sort=}} λιγοστός • (ligostós) m (feminine λιγοστή, neuter λιγοστό), {{el-adj|f=λιγοστή|n=λιγοστό}} λιγοστός • (ligostós) m (feminine λιγοστή, neuter λιγοστό) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-adj|dec=ός-ή-ό|stem=λιγοστ}}, {{el-decl-adj-a|abstem=|compstem=|dec=ός-ή-ό|docnote=|form=|lemma=|nopio=|part=|posnote=|stem=λιγοστ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-positive|dec=ός-ή-ό|form=|header=Declension of λιγοστός|note=|pionote=Comparative: <i class="Grek mention" lang="el">πιο</i> + positive forms (e.g. πιο λιγοστός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λιγοστός, etc.)|stem=λιγοστ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-ός-ή-ό|form=|stem=λιγοστ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-table|λιγοστός •|λιγοστή •|λιγοστό •|λιγοστοί •|λιγοστές •|λιγοστά •|λιγοστού •|λιγοστής •|λιγοστού •|λιγοστών •|λιγοστών •|λιγοστών •|λιγοστό •|λιγοστή •|λιγοστό •|λιγοστούς •|λιγοστές •|λιγοστά •|λιγοστέ •|λιγοστή •|λιγοστό •|λιγοστοί •|λιγοστές •|λιγοστά •}} Forms: ligostós [romanization], λιγοστή [feminine], λιγοστό [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], λιγοστός [masculine, nominative, singular], λιγοστή [feminine, nominative, singular], λιγοστό [neuter, nominative, singular], λιγοστοί [masculine, nominative, plural], λιγοστές [feminine, nominative, plural], λιγοστά [neuter, nominative, plural], λιγοστού [genitive, masculine, singular], λιγοστής [feminine, genitive, singular], λιγοστού [genitive, neuter, singular], λιγοστών [genitive, masculine, plural], λιγοστών [feminine, genitive, plural], λιγοστών [genitive, neuter, plural], λιγοστό [accusative, masculine, singular], λιγοστή [accusative, feminine, singular], λιγοστό [accusative, neuter, singular], λιγοστούς [accusative, masculine, plural], λιγοστές [accusative, feminine, plural], λιγοστά [accusative, neuter, plural], λιγοστέ [masculine, singular, vocative], λιγοστή [feminine, singular, vocative], λιγοστό [neuter, singular, vocative], λιγοστοί [masculine, plural, vocative], λιγοστές [feminine, plural, vocative], λιγοστά [neuter, plural, vocative], πιο + positive forms [comparative, usually], Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms [comparative, usually]
  1. scarce, meagre, short Synonyms: λίγος (lígos) (english: few, little), ολίγος (olígos), πενιχρός (penichrós) (english: meagre, poor, needy) Related terms: απότομος (apótomos) (english: short conversationally), κοντός (kontós) (english: short in height), μικρός (mikrós) (english: short in length), σύντομος (sýntomos) (english: short in time) Related terms (see): λίγος (lígos)

Inflected forms

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      "english": "a lot of",
      "roman": "polýs",
      "word": "πολύς"
    },
    {
      "english": "abundant",
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    }
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  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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          ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "and it's time to say our few words because tomorrow our soul sets sail.",
          "ref": "1942 (composed), Seferis, Giorgos Ημερολόγιο Καταστρώματος, Β΄. Ένας γέροντας στην ακροποταμιά [Logbook II. From poem: An old man at the riverbank] (bilngual @books.google Translated by Edmund Keeley, Philip Sherrard) retr:2018.09.20.",
          "roman": "ki eínai kairós na poúme ta ligostá mas lógia giatí i psychí mas ávrio kánei paniá.",
          "text": "κι είναι καιρός να πούμε τα λιγοστά μας λόγια γιατί η ψυχή μας αύριο κάνει πανιά."
        },
        {
          "english": "O you the few, the chosen you, or countless of tomorrow!",
          "text": "1900–1904 (composed) Kostis Palamas Ασάλευτη ζωή [from poem: The Motionless Life.] (@greek-language.gr (in Greek) retr:2018.09.20.\nΩ λιγοστοί κι ω διαλεχτοί κι αρίφνητοι αύριο ίσως!\nO ligostoí ki o dialechtoí ki arífnitoi ávrio ísos!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "His money was little, the food was few, poor was his meal.",
          "roman": "Líga ítan ta chrímatá tou, ligostó to faḯ, penichró to gévma tou.",
          "text": "Λίγα ήταν τα χρήματά του, λιγοστό το φαΐ, πενιχρό το γεύμα του.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scarce, meagre, short"
      ],
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        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ],
        [
          "meagre",
          "meagre"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "lígos",
          "sense": "see",
          "word": "λίγος"
        },
        {
          "english": "short conversationally",
          "roman": "apótomos",
          "word": "απότομος"
        },
        {
          "english": "short in height",
          "roman": "kontós",
          "word": "κοντός"
        },
        {
          "english": "short in length",
          "roman": "mikrós",
          "word": "μικρός"
        },
        {
          "english": "short in time",
          "roman": "sýntomos",
          "word": "σύντομος"
        }
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        {
          "english": "few, little",
          "roman": "lígos",
          "word": "λίγος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "olígos",
          "word": "ολίγος"
        },
        {
          "english": "meagre, poor, needy",
          "roman": "penichrós",
          "word": "πενιχρός"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/li.ɣoˈstos/"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "form": "λιγοστή",
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    },
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      "form": "λιγοστό",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστός",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστή",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστό",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστοί",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστές",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστά",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστού",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστής",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστού",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστών",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστών",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστών",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστό",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστή",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστό",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστούς",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστές",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστά",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστέ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστή",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστό",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστοί",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστές",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λιγοστά",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πιο + positive forms",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "2": "adjective",
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        "4": "λιγοστή",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "neuter",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "λιγοστός • (ligostós) m (feminine λιγοστή, neuter λιγοστό)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "λιγοστή",
        "n": "λιγοστό"
      },
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      "name": "el-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "λι‧γo‧στός"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "stem": "λιγοστ"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "abstem": "",
        "compstem": "",
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "docnote": "",
        "form": "",
        "lemma": "",
        "nopio": "",
        "part": "",
        "posnote": "",
        "stem": "λιγοστ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dec": "ός-ή-ό",
        "form": "",
        "header": "Declension of λιγοστός",
        "note": "",
        "pionote": "Comparative: <i class=\"Grek mention\" lang=\"el\">πιο</i> + positive forms (e.g. πιο λιγοστός, etc.)\n Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λιγοστός, etc.)",
        "stem": "λιγοστ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-positive"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "form": "",
        "stem": "λιγοστ",
        "stem2": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-ός-ή-ό"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λιγοστός •",
        "10": "λιγοστών •",
        "11": "λιγοστών •",
        "12": "λιγοστών •",
        "13": "λιγοστό •",
        "14": "λιγοστή •",
        "15": "λιγοστό •",
        "16": "λιγοστούς •",
        "17": "λιγοστές •",
        "18": "λιγοστά •",
        "19": "λιγοστέ •",
        "2": "λιγοστή •",
        "20": "λιγοστή •",
        "21": "λιγοστό •",
        "22": "λιγοστοί •",
        "23": "λιγοστές •",
        "24": "λιγοστά •",
        "3": "λιγοστό •",
        "4": "λιγοστοί •",
        "5": "λιγοστές •",
        "6": "λιγοστά •",
        "7": "λιγοστού •",
        "8": "λιγοστής •",
        "9": "λιγοστού •"
      },
      "name": "el-decl-adj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "lígos",
      "sense": "see",
      "word": "λίγος"
    },
    {
      "english": "short conversationally",
      "roman": "apótomos",
      "word": "απότομος"
    },
    {
      "english": "short in height",
      "roman": "kontós",
      "word": "κοντός"
    },
    {
      "english": "short in length",
      "roman": "mikrós",
      "word": "μικρός"
    },
    {
      "english": "short in time",
      "roman": "sýntomos",
      "word": "σύντομος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek links with manual fragments",
        "Ancient Greek links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Greek adjectives",
        "Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό",
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Greek terms derived from Byzantine Greek",
        "Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek",
        "Greek terms inherited from Byzantine Greek",
        "Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Greek terms with quotations",
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "and it's time to say our few words because tomorrow our soul sets sail.",
          "ref": "1942 (composed), Seferis, Giorgos Ημερολόγιο Καταστρώματος, Β΄. Ένας γέροντας στην ακροποταμιά [Logbook II. From poem: An old man at the riverbank] (bilngual @books.google Translated by Edmund Keeley, Philip Sherrard) retr:2018.09.20.",
          "roman": "ki eínai kairós na poúme ta ligostá mas lógia giatí i psychí mas ávrio kánei paniá.",
          "text": "κι είναι καιρός να πούμε τα λιγοστά μας λόγια γιατί η ψυχή μας αύριο κάνει πανιά."
        },
        {
          "english": "O you the few, the chosen you, or countless of tomorrow!",
          "text": "1900–1904 (composed) Kostis Palamas Ασάλευτη ζωή [from poem: The Motionless Life.] (@greek-language.gr (in Greek) retr:2018.09.20.\nΩ λιγοστοί κι ω διαλεχτοί κι αρίφνητοι αύριο ίσως!\nO ligostoí ki o dialechtoí ki arífnitoi ávrio ísos!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "His money was little, the food was few, poor was his meal.",
          "roman": "Líga ítan ta chrímatá tou, ligostó to faḯ, penichró to gévma tou.",
          "text": "Λίγα ήταν τα χρήματά του, λιγοστό το φαΐ, πενιχρό το γεύμα του.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scarce, meagre, short"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ],
        [
          "meagre",
          "meagre"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/li.ɣoˈstos/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "few, little",
      "roman": "lígos",
      "word": "λίγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olígos",
      "word": "ολίγος"
    },
    {
      "english": "meagre, poor, needy",
      "roman": "penichrós",
      "word": "πενιχρός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λιγοστός"
}

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