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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 ἀνέβησαν υἱοὶ Ἡσαῦ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ ἀπέναντι Δωθαί̈μ. καὶ ἀπέστειλαν ἐξ αὐτῶν πρὸσ νότον καὶ ἀπηλιώτην ἀπέναντι Ἐγρεβήλ, ἥ ἐστι πλησίον Χούσ, ἥ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ χειμάρρου Μοχμούρ. καὶ ἡ λοιπὴ στρατιὰ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων παρενέβαλον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ καὶ ἐκάλυψαν πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ αἱ σκηναὶ καὶ αἱ ἀπαρτίαι αὐτῶν κατεστρατοπέδευσαν ἐν ὄχλῳ πολλῷ καὶ ἦσαν εἰσ πλῆθοσ πολὺ σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 7:18)
  • ἄφνω δὲ πεσόντα πρὸσ τὴν γῆν καὶ πολλῷ σκότει περιχυθέντα συναρπάσαντεσ καὶ εἰσ φορεῖον ἐνθέντες (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:27)
  • ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία, ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 12:12)
  • εἰσὶν οἱ πλουτίζοντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ μηδὲν ἔχοντεσ, καί εἰσιν οἱ ταπεινοῦντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ ἐν πολλῷ πλούτῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 13:6)

Synonyms

  1. many

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