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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

Πλειστοῦ τε πηγὰσ καὶ Ποσειδῶνοσ κράτοσ καλοῦσα καὶ τέλειον ὕψιστον Δία, ἔπειτα μάντισ ἐσ θρόνουσ καθιζάνω. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 2:5)
ἔστι δὲ τῆσ ἀνελευθερίασ τὸ περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαι χρήματα, καὶ τὸ μηδὲν ὄνειδοσ ἡγεῖσθαι τῶν ποιούντων τὸ κέρδοσ, βίοσ θητικὸσ καὶ δουλοπρεπὴσ καὶ ῥυπαρόσ, φιλοτιμίασ καὶ ἐλευθερίασ ἀλλότριοσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 41:1)
ὃ ἐγὼ περὶ πλείστου ποιοῦμαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 19 1:2)
ιἈ̔̀ρ’ οὖν οὐ χρησιμώτερον ἐκεῖνο, οὗ πὰντοτε καὶ διηνεκῶσ δεόμεθα καὶ πλείστου, καθάπερ ἐργαλεῖον καὶ ὄργανον, καὶ νὴ Δία φίλοσ ὁ πάσησ ὡρ́ασ καὶ παντὸσ καιροῦ παρὼν ἕτοιμοσ; (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 21)
καὶ μήν, οὗ πλείστου κρᾶσισ τῆσ τῶν αἰσθήσεων μετείληφεν, οὐκ ἂν εἰή λυσιτελέστατον; (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 131)
τὰσ γὰρ βαναύσουσ τέχνασ Ἕλληνεσ ὕστερον περὶ πλείστου μᾶλλον ἐποιοῦντο ἢ τὰσ κατὰ παιδείαν γινομένασ ἐπινοίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 342)

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)
σκηπτός (a thunder-bolt)
σκήπτω (to prop)

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