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πολύς?

First/Second declension Adjective; 불규칙 Transliteration: polys

Principal Part: πολύς πολλή πολύ

Structure: πολλ (Stem) + ου (Ending)

Etym.: the ionic declension πολλός, ή, όν 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 πολλά πολλώ
G/D πολλοῖν πολλαῖν πολλοῖν
PluralNominative πολλοί πολλαί πολλά
Genitive πολλῶν πολλῶν πολλῶν
Dative πολλοῖς πολλαῖς πολλοῖς
Accusative πολλούς πολλάς 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 κατέβη διὰ τέλους ἐτῶν πρὸς Ἀχαὰβ εἰς Σαμάρειαν. καὶ ἔθυσεν αὐτῷ Ἀχαὰβ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους πολλοὺς καὶ τῷ λαῷ τῷ μετ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἠγάπα αὐτὸν τοῦ συναναβῆναι μετ αὐτοῦ εἰς Ραμὼθ τῆς Γαλααδίτιδος. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 18:2)
  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε πύργους ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἐλατόμησε λάκκους πολλούς, ὅτι κτήνη πολλὰ ὑπῆρχεν αὐτῷ ἐν Σεφηλᾷ καὶ ἐν τῇ πεδινῇ καὶ ἀμπελουργοὶ ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ καὶ ἐν τῷ Καρμήλῳ, ὅτι γεωργὸς ἦν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 26:10)
  • καὶ ἐνετειλάμην τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ ἀδελφῷ μου καὶ τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ ἄρχοντι τῆς βιρὰ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὅτι αὐτὸς ὡς ἀνὴρ ἀληθὴς καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν Θεὸν παρὰ πολλούς, (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 7:2)
  • καὶ εἴ τινα ἀπέκτεινε Σενναχηρὶμ ὁ βασιλεύς, ὅτε ἦλθε φεύγων ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἔθαψα αὐτοὺς κλέπτων. πολλοὺς γὰρ ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐζητήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως τὰ σώματα, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 1:18)
  • μνήσθητι, παιδίον, ὅτι πολλοὺς κινδύνους ἑώρακεν ἐπὶ σοὶ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ. ὅταν ἀποθάνῃ, θάψον αὐτὴν παῤ ἐμοὶ ἐν ἑνὶ τάφῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. many

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