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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

  • Ἁβραὰμ δὲ γινόμενοσ ἔσται εἰσ ἔθνοσ μέγα καὶ πολύ, καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:18)
  • ὁ ἄγγελοσ ὁ ρυόμενόσ με ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν εὐλογήσαι τὰ παιδία ταῦτα, καὶ ἐπικληθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖσ τὸ ὄνομά μου καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τῶν πατέρων μου Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαάκ, καὶ πληθυνθείησαν εἰσ πλῆθοσ πολὺ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:16)
  • ἐποίησαν δὲ οὕτωσ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ συνέλεξαν ὁ τὸ πολὺ καὶ ὁ τὸ ἔλαττον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:17)
  • καὶ μετρήσαντεσ γομόρ, οὐκ ἐπλεόνασεν ὁ τὸ πολύ, καὶ ὁ τὸ ἔλαττον οὐκ ἠλαττόνησεν. ἕκαστοσ εἰσ τοὺσ καθήκοντασ παῤ ἑαυτῷ συνέλεξαν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:18)
  • πατάξω αὐτοὺσ θανάτῳ καὶ ἀπολῶ αὐτοὺσ καὶ ποιήσω σὲ καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρόσ σου εἰσ ἔθνοσ μέγα καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 14:12)

Synonyms

  1. many

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