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πολύς?

First/Second declension Adjective; 불규칙 Transliteration: polys

Principal Part: πολύς πολλή πολύ

Structure: πολλ (Stem) + ου (Ending)

Etym.: the ionic declension πολλός, ή, όν 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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πολύς πολλή πολύ
Genitive πολλοῦ πολλῆς πολλοῦ
Dative πολλῷ πολλῇ πολλῷ
Accusative πολύν πολλήν πολύ
Vocative
DualN/A/V πολλώ πολλά πολλώ
G/D πολλοῖν πολλαῖν πολλοῖν
PluralNominative πολλοί πολλαί πολλά
Genitive πολλῶν πολλῶν πολλῶν
Dative πολλοῖς πολλαῖς πολλοῖς
Accusative πολλούς πολλάς πολλά
Vocative
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πολύς πολλοῦ πλειών πλειονός πλειστός πλειστοῦ
Adverb πολλώς πλειόν πλειστά

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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