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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

  • καθότι ἂν πλεῖον τῶν ἐτῶν, πληθυνεῖ τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ καθότι ἂν ἔλαττον τῶν ἐτῶν, ἐλαττονώσει τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀριθμὸν γενημάτων αὐτοῦ οὕτωσ ἀποδώσεταί σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:16)
  • ἐὰν δέ τινι πλεῖον τῶν ἐτῶν ᾖ, πρὸσ ταῦτα ἀποδώσει τὰ λύτρα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀργυρίου τῆσ πράσεωσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:51)
  • καὶ τὸ σύσσημον ἀνέβη ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἐπὶ τῆσ πόλεωσ ὡσ στῦλοσ καπνοῦ. καὶ ἐπέβλεψε Βενιαμὶν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνέβη συντέλεια τῆσ πόλεωσ ἕωσ οὐρανοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 20:40)
  • καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ τῷ παιδαρίῳ αὐτοῦ τῷ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἰδοὺ πορευσόμεθα, καὶ τὶ οἴσομεν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ̣ ὅτι οἱ ἄρτοι ἐκλελοίπασιν ἐκ τῶν ἀγγείων ἡμῶν, καὶ πλεῖον οὐκ ἔστι μεθ̓ ἡμῶν εἰσενεγκεῖν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ ὑπάρχον ἡμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 9:7)
  • νῦν οὖν ἐπέταξα ἀποκωλῦσαι τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐκείνουσ τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν πόλιν καὶ προνοηθῆναι ὅπωσ μηδὲν παρὰ ταῦτα γένηται καὶ μὴ προβῇ ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὰ τῆσ κακίασ εἰσ τὸ βασιλεῖσ ἐνοχλῆσαι». (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:24)

Synonyms

  1. many

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