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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

many
In general of extreme size or degree

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	πολύς	πολλή	πολύ
	Genitive	πολλοῦ	πολλῆς	πολλοῦ
	Dative	πολλῷ	πολλῇ	πολλῷ
	Accusative	πολύν	πολλήν	πολύ
	Vocative
Dual	N/A/V	πολλώ	πολλᾱ́	πολλώ
Dual	G/D	πολλοῖν	πολλαῖν	πολλοῖν
Plural	Nominative	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

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἤρξαντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι πολλοὶ γίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ θυγατέρεσ ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:1)
καὶ ὄψεσθε τὴν γῆν, τίσ ἐστι, καὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐγκαθήμενον ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, εἰ ἰσχυρόσ ἐστιν ἢ ἀσθενήσ, εἰ ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν ἢ πολλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:19)
καὶ ἐφοβήθη Μωὰβ τὸν λαὸν σφόδρα ὅτι πολλοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ προσώχθισε Μωὰβ ἀπὸ προσώπου υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:3)
ἐὰν εἰσακούσῃσ τὰσ ἐντολὰσ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, ἃσ ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον, ἀγαπᾶν Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου, πορεύεσθαι ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ φυλάσσεσθαι τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰσ κρίσεισ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ζήσεσθε, καὶ πολλοὶ ἔσεσθε, καὶ εὐλογήσει σε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, εἰσ ἣν εἰσπορεύῃ ἐκεῖ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 30:16)
καὶ ἐδίωξεν αὐτὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ ἐφυγεν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι πολλοὶ ἕωσ τῆσ θύρασ τῆσ πύλησ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:40)

Synonyms

many
- ὁπόσος (as many as)
- μυριοπλάσιος (times as many as)
- πολύθεος (of or belonging to many gods)
- πολύθυρος (with many leaves)
- πολυήμερος (of many days)
- πολύκρανος (many-headed)
- πολυκέφαλος (many-headed)
- πολυκάρηνος (many-headed)
- μυριόκρανος (many-headed)
- πολύπους (many-footed)
- πολυειδής (of many kinds)
- πολύναος (with many temples)
- πολυάρματος (with many chariots)
- πολυθρέμμων (feeding many)
- πολύκρουνος (with many springs)
- πολυαστράγαλος (with many joints)
- πολύπτυχος (of or with many folds)
- πολυαύχενος (with many necks)
- πολύστιχος (in many rows)
- πολύψηφος (with many votes)
- πολύσκαλμος (many-oared)
- πολύκωπος (many-oared)
- πολύρριζος (with many roots)
- πολύπυργος (with many towers)
- πολύσχιστος (many-branching)
- πολυμελής (with many members)
- πολυόμματος (many-eyed)
- πολύστεγος (with many stories)
- πολυαρμόνιος (many-toned)
- πυκνός (frequent, many)
- πολύζυγος (many-benched)
- πολύφιλος (dear to many)
- πολύστυλος (with many columns)
- πολυστέλεχος (with many stems)
- πολύβροχος (with many nooses)

σύγχυσις (a mixing)
ἀγανάκτησις (physical pain)
παρακέλευσις (a calling out to)
ῥαγδαῖος (tearing)
ἄπλετος (boundless)
βραχύς (short)
μακαρισμός (a pronouncing happy)
ὀρυμαγδός (a loud noise)
ἀκοσμία (disorder)
σχίσμα (That which is divided)
θόρυβος (a noise)
ἔκπληξις (consternation)
σπάνις (scarcity)
συρμός (any lengthened sweeping motion)
ἐθάς (customary)
ἁπανταχόθεν (from all sides)
ὑλαγμός (a barking)
βαθύς (being a large vertical distance from)
ταπείνωσις (humiliation)
θριαμβεύω (to triumph)
ἐξαίσιος (beyond what is ordained)
σκληροτράχηλος (stiff-necked)
παρακλητικός (hortatory)
καταπλέω (to sail down)
κατάπλεος (quite full)
τραχύς (rugged)
συμφορητός (brought together)
λαῖλαψ (a tempest)
σκηπτός (a thunder-bolt)
σκήπτω (to prop)

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