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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

  1. many
  2. 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.

Examples

  • τοῖσ δὲ ἤδη γεγηρακόσιν ὅσῳ πλεῖον τοῦ φρονεῖν ἢ τοῖσ νέοισ μέτεστι, τοσούτῳ καὶ πλείων ἐγγίνεται πόθοσ τῆσ πατρίδοσ· (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 9:2)
  • τὸ γὰρ προπονῆσαι πολλὰ καὶ προκαμεῖν οὐκ ἀνάλωσιν τῆσ ἰσχύοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπίδοσιν ἐργάζεται, καὶ ἀναρριπιζομένη πλείων γίγνεται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 26:7)
  • πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη, μείζων δ’ ἐπιθήκη. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 44:4)
  • πλειὼν δὲ κατὰ χθονὸσ ἄρμενοσ εἶσιν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 68:4)
  • "πλείων ἡ ἀναισχυντία καὶ θράσοσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:70)

Synonyms

  1. many

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