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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

  • καὶ τῷ Γεδεὼν ἦσαν υἱοὶ ἑβδομήκοντα ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐκ μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι γυναῖκεσ πολλαὶ ἦσαν αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 8:30)
  • καὶ ἡμέραι πολλαὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν οὐ θεῷ ἀληθινῷ καὶ οὐχ ἱερέωσ ὑποδεικνύοντοσ καὶ ἐν οὐ νόμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 15:3)
  • καὶ νῦν πολλαὶ αἱ κρίσεισ σού εἰσι καὶ ἀληθιναὶ ἐξ ἐμοῦ ποιῆσαι περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου καὶ τῶν πατέρων μου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐποιήσαμεν τὰσ ἐντολάσ σου. οὐ γὰρ ἐπορεύθημεν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐνώπιόν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 3:5)
  • ἡμᾶσ δὲ ἐκύκλωσαν πολλαὶ θλίψεισ καὶ πόλεμοι πολλοί, καὶ ἐπολέμησαν ἡμᾶσ οἱ βασιλεῖσ οἱ κύκλῳ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:13)
  • μετὰ δὲ τὴν τούτων τροπὴν καὶ ἀπώλειαν ἐπεστράτευσεν Ἰούδασ καὶ ἐπὶ Ἐφρὼν πόλιν ὀχυράν, ἐν ᾗ κατῴκει Λυσίασ καὶ πάμφυλα πλήθη. νεανίαι δὲ πρὸ τῶν τειχῶν καθεστῶτεσ ρωμαλέοι ἀπεμάχοντο εὐρώστωσ, ἔνθα δὲ ὀργάνων καὶ βελῶν πολλαὶ παραθέσεισ ὑπῆρχον (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:27)

Synonyms

  1. many

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