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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

  • 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, ἀλλ̓ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἁβραάμ, ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:5)
  • ὑμεῖσ ἐβουλεύσασθε κατ̓ 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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