ὀλῐγό-της, ητος, ἡ,
opposed to πλῆθος in all senses:
__1 fewness, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 678c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 984a10, +others, LXX.Psa.101(102).23, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 20 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; fewness of rulers, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1279b27. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 smallness, scantiness, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591e, “Lg.” 745d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of food, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 456. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 of Time, shortness, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 feebleness of voice, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.145. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]