Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύοχλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύοχλος πολύοχλον

Structure: πολυοχλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. much-peopled, populous
  2. very numerous

Examples

  • ὠνὴν καὶ πρᾶσιν διατρῖβον, ἄλλο δὲ τὸ περὶ τὴν θάλατταν, καὶ τούτου τὸ μὲν πολεμικὸν τὸ δὲ χρηματιστικὸν τὸ δὲ πορθμευτικὸν τὸ δ’ ἁλιευτικόν πολλαχοῦ γὰρ ἕκαστα τούτων πολύοχλα, οἱο͂ν ἁλιεῖσ μὲν ἐν Τάραντι καὶ Βυζαντίῳ, τριηρικὸν δὲ Ἀθήνησιν, ἐμπορικὸν δὲ ἐν Αἰγίνῃ καὶ Χίῳ, πορθμευτικὸν δ’ ἐν Τενέδῳ, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ τὸ χερνητικὸν καὶ τὸ μικρὰν ἔχον οὐσίαν ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι σχολάζειν, ἔτι τὸ μὴ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων πολιτῶν ἐλεύθερον, κἂν εἴ τι τοιοῦτον ἕτερον πλήθουσ εἶδοσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 72:1)

Synonyms

  1. much-peopled

  2. very numerous

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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