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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

  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακώβ. ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡμέρα πολλή, οὔπω ὥρα συναχθῆναι τὰ κτήνη. ποτίσαντεσ τὰ πρόβατα ἀπελθόντεσ βόσκετε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:7)
  • ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἔρχεται εὐθηνία πολλὴ ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:29)
  • ἦν δὲ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ τὸ πῦρ φλογίζον ἐν τῇ χαλάζῃ. ἡ δὲ χάλαζα πολλὴ σφόδρα, ἥτισ τοιαύτη οὐ γέγονεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀφ̓ ἧσ ἡμέρασ γεγένηται ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ ἔθνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:24)
  • καὶ ἀνήγαγεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου, καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ὅρια Αἰγύπτου πολλὴ σφόδρα. προτέρα αὐτῆσ οὐ γέγονε τοιαύτη ἀκρὶσ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα οὐκ ἔσται οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:14)
  • ΚΑΙ Ἰησοῦσ πρεσβύτεροσ προβεβηκὼσ τῶν ἡμερῶν. καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Ἰησοῦν. σὺ προβέβηκασ τῶν ἡμερῶν, καὶ ἡ γῆ ὑπολέλειπται πολλὴ εἰσ κληρονομίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. many

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