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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πολύς πολλή πολύ
Genitive πολλοῦ πολλῆς πολλοῦ
Dative πολλῷ πολλῇ πολλῷ
Accusative πολύν πολλήν πολύ
Vocative
DualN/A/V πολλώ πολλᾱ́ πολλώ
G/D πολλοῖν πολλαῖν πολλοῖν
PluralNominative πολλοί πολλαί πολλά
Genitive πολλῶν πολλῶν πολλῶν
Dative πολλοῖς πολλαῖς πολλοῖς
Accusative πολλούς πολλᾱ́ς 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

  • καὶ οὐκ ἐχώρει αὐτοὺσ ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖν ἅμα, ὅτι ἦν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν πολλά, καὶ οὐκ ἐχώρει αὐτοὺσ ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖν ἅμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:6)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἄχυρα καὶ χορτάσματα πολλὰ παῤ ἡμῖν καὶ τόποσ τοῦ καταλῦσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:25)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτῷ κτήνη προβάτων καὶ κτήνη βοῶν καὶ γεώργια πολλά. ἐζήλωσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ Φυλιστιείμ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:14)
  • καὶ ἐπλούτισεν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ σφόδρα σφόδρα, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ κτήνη πολλὰ καὶ βόεσ καὶ παῖδεσ, καὶ παιδίσκαι καὶ κάμηλοι καὶ ὄνοι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:43)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἡσαῦ. ἔστι μοι πολλά, ἀδελφέ. ἔστω σοι τὰ σά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 33:9)

Synonyms

  1. many

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