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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

  • ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἤρξαντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι πολλοὶ γίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ θυγατέρες ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖς. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:1)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἐχώρει αὐτοὺς ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖν ἅμα, ὅτι ἦν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν πολλά, καὶ οὐκ ἐχώρει αὐτοὺς ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖν ἅμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:6)
  • ΜΕΤΑ δὲ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα ἐγενήθη ρῆμα Κυρίου πρὸς Ἅβραμ ἐν ὁράματι, λέγων. μὴ φοβοῦ Ἅβραμ, ἐγὼ ὑπερασπίζω σου. ὁ μισθός σου πολὺς ἔσται σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:1)
  • τὸ δὲ ἔθνος, ᾧ ἐὰν δουλεύσωσι, κρινῶ ἐγώ. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται ὧδε μετὰ ἀποσκευῆς πολλῆς. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:14)
  • καὶ οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἅβραμ, ἀλλ᾿ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἁβραάμ, ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:5)
  • ὑμεῖς ἐβουλεύσασθε κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰς πονηρά, ὁ δὲ Θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς ἀγαθά, ὅπως ἂν γενηθῇ ὡς σήμερον καὶ τραφῇ λαὸς πολύς. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 50:20)
  • καὶ ἐπίμικτος πολὺς συνανέβη αὐτοῖς καὶ πρόβατα καὶ βόες καὶ κτήνη πολλὰ σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:38)
  • καὶ ἀπέστειλε Κύριος εἰς τὸν λαὸν τοὺς ὄφεις τοὺς θανατοῦντας, καὶ ἔδακνον τὸν λαόν, καὶ ἀπέθανε λαὸς πολὺς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:6)
  • ζήτω Ρουβὴν καὶ μὴ ἀποθανέτω καὶ ἔστω πολὺς ἐν ἀριθμῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 33:6)

Synonyms

  1. many

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