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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

  • ὅτι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου εὐλόγησέ σε, ὃν τρόπον ἐλάλησέ σοι, καὶ δανειεῖσ ἔθνεσι πολλοῖσ, σὺ δὲ οὐ δανειῇ, καὶ ἄρξεισ ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, σοῦ δὲ οὐκ ἄρξουσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:6)
  • ἀνοίξαι σοι Κύριοσ τὸν θησαυρὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀγαθόν, τὸν οὐρανόν, δοῦναι τὸν ὑετόν τῇ γῇ σου ἐπὶ καιροῦ αὐτοῦ. εὐλογήσαι πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου, καὶ δανειεῖσ ἔθνεσι πολλοῖσ, σὺ δὲ οὐ δανειῇ, καὶ ἄρξεισ σὺ ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, σοῦ δὲ οὐκ ἄρξουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:12)
  • καὶ ἐν χρήμασι πολλοῖσ ἀπήλθοσαν εἰσ τοὺσ οἴκουσ αὐτῶν, καὶ κτήνη πολλὰ σφόδρα καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ σίδηρον καὶ ἱματισμὸν πολὺν διείλαντο τὴν προνομὴν τῶν ἐχθρῶν μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 22:8)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωνάθαν πρὸσ τὸ παιδάριον τὸ αἶρον τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ. δεῦρο διαβῶμεν εἰσ Μεσσὰβ τῶν ἀπεριτμήτων τούτων, εἴτι ποιήσαι Κύριοσ ἡμῖν. ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι τῷ Κυρίῳ συνεχόμενον σῴζειν ἐν πολλοῖσ ἢ ἐν ὀλίγοισ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 14:6)
  • καὶ ἐβόησεν Ἀσὰ πρὸσ ΚύριοΘεὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε. Κύριε, οὐκ ἀδυνατεῖ παρὰ σοὶ σώζειν ἐν πολλοῖσ καὶ ἐν ὀλίγοισ. κατίσχυσον ἡμᾶσ, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ πεποίθαμεν καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἤλθομεν ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ τὸ πολὺ τοῦτο. Κύριε ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν, μὴ κατισχυσάτω πρόσ σε ἄνθρωποσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 14:11)

Synonyms

  1. many

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