__IV.2 δι᾽ ὀλίγου at a short distance, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1098, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, 3.21, uncertain in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 762 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; for (during) a short time, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77, 2.85, 3.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; within or after a short time, [[ [prev. author] 6.11, 47, 7.39, etc. ] Refs]; but
__IV.2.b δι᾽ ὀλίγων in few words, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 31d, etc.; see infr. VI. 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.3 ἐν ὀλίγῳ (χώρῳ is added in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70)] Refs 5th c.BC+] in a small space, within small compass, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1126 (Lyric poetry); ἐν ὀ. στρατοπεδευομένοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυκλωθέντων ἐν ὀ.[[ [prev. work] 96; εἰς ταὐτὸ πάντα.. ἁθροίσαντ᾽ ἐν ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also ἐν ὀ. (i.e. χρόνῳ) for a brief time, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.92 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, in a short time, quickly, ἔγνων καὶ περὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ὀ. τοῦτο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22b, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.55, NT.Act.26.28. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__IV.3.b ἐν ὀλίγοις one among few, i.e. exceedingly, remarkably, ποταμὸς ἐν ὀ. μέγας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.52; ἐν ὀλίγοισι Περσέων.. ἀνὴρ δόκιμος [prev. author] 9.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in later writers, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 10, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 3.1; so σὺν ὀλίγοις, see below 10. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.4 ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, suddenly, ἐξ ὀ. καὶ δι᾽ ὀργῆς [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11, compare 61, 4.108, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.5 ἐς ὀλίγον, like{παρ᾽ ὀλίγον}, within a little, ἐς ὀ. ἀφίκετο τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι [[[prev. work] 129. ] Refs]
__IV.6 ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγον for a short time, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.26, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.29, “Geoponica” 7.12.22, 10.7.10, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; a little at a time, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 18; εἴρηται ἐν τῷ [βιβλίῳ] ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]a little way on, near the beginning, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.428. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.7 κατ᾽ ὀλίγον by little and little, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 85d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 11, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ κατ᾽ ὀ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.34, 1st c.AD: Athenaeus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 1.2.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: but the adjective frequently takes the gender and number of its substantive, κατ᾽ ὀλίγους [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93, 8.113 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὗτοι κατ᾽ ὀλίγους γινόμενοι ἐμάχοντο fought few at a time, in small parties, [[ [prev. author] 9.102, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὀλίγον μαχεῖται (i.e. τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]