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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

many
In general of extreme size or degree

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	πολύς	πολλή	πολύ
	Genitive	πολλοῦ	πολλῆς	πολλοῦ
	Dative	πολλῷ	πολλῇ	πολλῷ
	Accusative	πολύν	πολλήν	πολύ
	Vocative
Dual	N/A/V	πολλώ	πολλᾱ́	πολλώ
Dual	G/D	πολλοῖν	πολλαῖν	πολλοῖν
Plural	Nominative	πολλοί	πολλαί	πολλά
	Genitive	πολλῶν	πολλῶν	πολλῶν
	Dative	πολλοῖς	πολλαῖς	πολλοῖς
	Accusative	πολλούς	πολλᾱ́ς	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

πλείονοσ δὲ γενομένησ περὶ τούτων ἐπισκέψεωσ καὶ τοῦ ἡγεμόνοσ τοῖσ πλήθεσιν ἀνακοινωσαμένου καὶ φανείσησ ὁμοψήφου γνώμησ, ἐπένευσαν ταῖσ συνθήκεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 14:20)
αἰσχροκερδία μέν, καθ’ ἣν κερδαίνειν ζητοῦσι πανταχόθεν, καὶ τὸ κέρδοσ τῆσ αἰσχύνησ περὶ πλείονοσ ποιοῦνται· (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 39:3)
τὰ δ’ ἐν τέλει πλείονοσ ἁμαρτίασ πλήρη· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 10:1)
καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖσ, ὅπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῶν λόγων εἰπὼν μέμνημαι, τοῦτο πρῶτον ἐπισκοποῦμεν, φύσιν σώματοσ τοῦ νοσοῦντοσ καὶ κρᾶσιν, καὶ τίνοσ πλείονοσ μετέχει, καὶ εἰ θερμότερον ἢ ψερμότερον, καὶ ἀκμάζον ἢ παρηβηκόσ, καὶ μέγα ἢ μικρόν, καὶ πιμελὲσ ἢ ὀλιγόσαρκον, καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 29:3)
οὕτω γὰρ ἐξηρτήμεθα τῶν ἐλπίδων καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ δοκούσασ εἶναι πλεονεξίασ ἀπλήστωσ ἔχομεν, ὥστ’ οὐδὲ οἱ κεκτημένοι τοὺσ μεγίστουσ πλούτουσ μένειν ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐθέλουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ τοῦ πλείονοσ ὀρεγόμενοι περὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων κινδυνεύουσι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 1:7)

Synonyms

many
- ὁπόσος (as many as)
- μυριοπλάσιος (times as many as)
- πολύθεος (of or belonging to many gods)
- πολύθυρος (with many leaves)
- πολυήμερος (of many days)
- πολύκρανος (many-headed)
- πολυκέφαλος (many-headed)
- πολυκάρηνος (many-headed)
- μυριόκρανος (many-headed)
- πολύπους (many-footed)
- πολυειδής (of many kinds)
- πολύναος (with many temples)
- πολυάρματος (with many chariots)
- πολυθρέμμων (feeding many)
- πολύκρουνος (with many springs)
- πολυαστράγαλος (with many joints)
- πολύπτυχος (of or with many folds)
- πολυαύχενος (with many necks)
- πολύστιχος (in many rows)
- πολύψηφος (with many votes)
- πολύσκαλμος (many-oared)
- πολύκωπος (many-oared)
- πολύρριζος (with many roots)
- πολύπυργος (with many towers)
- πολύσχιστος (many-branching)
- πολυμελής (with many members)
- πολυόμματος (many-eyed)
- πολύστεγος (with many stories)
- πολυαρμόνιος (many-toned)
- πυκνός (frequent, many)
- πολύζυγος (many-benched)
- πολύφιλος (dear to many)
- πολύστυλος (with many columns)
- πολυστέλεχος (with many stems)
- πολύβροχος (with many nooses)

σύγχυσις (a mixing)
ἀγανάκτησις (physical pain)
παρακέλευσις (a calling out to)
ῥαγδαῖος (tearing)
ἄπλετος (boundless)
βραχύς (short)
μακαρισμός (a pronouncing happy)
ὀρυμαγδός (a loud noise)
ἀκοσμία (disorder)
σχίσμα (That which is divided)
θόρυβος (a noise)
ἔκπληξις (consternation)
σπάνις (scarcity)
συρμός (any lengthened sweeping motion)
ἐθάς (customary)
ἁπανταχόθεν (from all sides)
ὑλαγμός (a barking)
βαθύς (being a large vertical distance from)
ταπείνωσις (humiliation)
θριαμβεύω (to triumph)
ἐξαίσιος (beyond what is ordained)
σκληροτράχηλος (stiff-necked)
παρακλητικός (hortatory)
καταπλέω (to sail down)
κατάπλεος (quite full)
τραχύς (rugged)
συμφορητός (brought together)
λαῖλαψ (a tempest)
σκήπτω (to prop)
σκηπτός (a thunder-bolt)

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