πολύς
First/Second declension Adjective;
불규칙
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πολύς
πολλή
πολύ
Structure:
πολλ
(Stem)
+
ου
(Ending)
Etym.: the ionic declension pollo/s, h/, o/n is retained by the attic in all cases, except the nom. and acc. masc. and neut. Hom. uses both ionic and attic forms.
Sense
- many
- In general of extreme size or degree
Declension
First/Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ εἶπεν Ἀμασίασ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ. καὶ τί ποιήσω τὰ ἑκατὸν τάλαντα, ἃ ἔδωκα τῇ δυνάμει Ἰσραήλ̣ καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ τοῦ Θεοῦ. ἔστι τῷ Κυρίῳ δοῦναί σοι πλεῖστα τούτων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 25:9)
- καὶ τοῖσ περὶ Τιμόθεον καὶ Βακχίδην συνερίσαντεσ ὑπὲρ τοὺσ δισμυρίουσ αὐτῶν ἀνεῖλον καὶ ὀχυρωμάτων ὑψηλῶν εὖ μάλα ἐγκρατεῖσ ἐγένοντο καὶ λάφυρα πλεῖστα ἐμερίσαντο ἰσομοίρουσ ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ τοῖσ ᾐκισμένοισ καὶ ὀρφανοῖσ καὶ χήραισ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ πρεσβυτέροισ ποιήσαντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 8:30)
- ἀλλὰ γὰρ τὸ μὲν εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ μεταβάλλοντι τὰ πράγματα χρόνῳ καὶ τὸ τοὺσ τὰ κράτιστα προαιρουμένουσ ἐπαινεῖν καὶ τὸ τὰ μέλλοντα ἐκ τῶν γεγονότων εἰκάζειν καὶ πάντα τὰ παραπλήσια τούτοισ, ἃ κἂν ὁ τυχὼν εἰπεῖν δύναιτο, ἀφήσω, ἐξ ὧν δ’ ἂν ἔτι μείζω λάβοι τὰ κρείττονα ἰσχύν, ταῦτα πειράσομαι λέγειν, ὑπόθεσιν τοῦ λόγου κοινὴν καὶ φιλάνθρωπον καὶ πλεῖστα δυναμένην ὠφελῆσαι λαβών. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 41)
- ἀκολουθεῖ δὲ τῇ ἀκρασίᾳ μαλακία καὶ μεταμέλεια καὶ τὰ πλεῖστα ταὐτὰ ἃ καὶ τῇ ἀκολασίᾳ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 35:2)
- πλεῖστα δ’ ἄν τισ εὑρ́οι παρ’ αὐτῷ τῶν σχημάτων, προσώπων τε ἀποστροφαῖσ καὶ χρόνων ἐναλλαγαῖσ καὶ τροπικῶν σημειώσεων μεταφοραῖσ ἐξηλλαγμένα καὶ σολοικισμῶν λαμβάνοντα φαντασίασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 2 3:1)
