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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πολύς πολλή πολύ
Genitive πολλοῦ πολλῆς πολλοῦ
Dative πολλῷ πολλῇ πολλῷ
Accusative πολύν πολλήν πολύ
Vocative
DualN/A/V πολλώ πολλᾱ́ πολλώ
G/D πολλοῖν πολλαῖν πολλοῖν
PluralNominative 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

  • 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)
  • ἐξελεύσεται ἄνθρωποσ ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ κυριεύσει ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ἢ Γὼγ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐξηθήσεται βασιλεία αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:7)
  • ἐκ τοῦ κλήρου μεριεῖσ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτῶν ἀνὰ μέσων πολλῶν καὶ ὀλίγων. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 26:56)
  • πᾶσαι πόλεισ ὀχυραί, τείχη ὑψηλά, πύλαι καὶ μοχλοί, πλὴν τῶν πόλεων τῶν Φερεζαίων τῶν πολλῶν σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:5)
  • ὅτι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου εὐλόγησέ σε, ὃν τρόπον ἐλάλησέ σοι, καὶ δανειεῖσ ἔθνεσι πολλοῖσ, σὺ δὲ οὐ δανειῇ, καὶ ἄρξεισ ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, σοῦ δὲ οὐκ ἄρξουσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:6)

Synonyms

  1. many

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