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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

  • παρῴκησε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν Φυλιστιεὶμ ἡμέρασ πολλάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:34)
  • διέρρηξε δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέθετο σάκκον ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπένθει τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἡμέρασ πολλάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:34)
  • Μετὰ δὲ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τὰσ πολλὰσ ἐκείνασ ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Αἰγύπτου. καὶ κατεστέναξαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων καὶ ἀνεβόησαν, καὶ ἀνέβη ἡ βοὴ αὐτῶν πρὸσ τὸν Θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 2:23)
  • Ἐπορεύθη δὲ Μωυσῆσ καὶ ἀπέστρεψε πρὸσ Ἰοθὸρ τὸν γαμβρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει. πορεύσομαι καὶ ἀποστρέψω πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀδελφούσ μου τοὺσ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ὄψομαι, εἰ ἔτι ζῶσι. καὶ εἶπεν Ἰοθὸρ Μωυσῇ. βάδιζε ὑγιαίνων. μετὰ δὲ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τὰσ πολλὰσ ἐκείνασ ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 4:18)
  • καὶ ἐνεκάθησθε ἐν Κάδησ ἡμέρασ πολλάσ, ὅσασ ποτὲ ἡμέρασ ἐνεκάθησθε. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 1:46)

Synonyms

  1. many

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