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πολύς,
Attic dialect πολλή, πολ; genitive πολλοῦ, ῆς, ou=; dative πολλῷ, ῇ, ; accusative πολύν, πολλήν, πολύ:—Ionic dialect πολλός Refs 6th c.BC+, πολλή, πολλόν Refs 6th c.BC+; also in Trag., Refs 5th c.BC+; accusative πολλόν, πολλήν, πολλόν: Refs 5th c.BC+ uses the Ionic dialect forms, but codices have πολύν Refs 1st c.AD+:—both sets of forms are found in Epic dialect, also genitive singular πολέος Refs 8th c.BC+, once contraction πολεῖς Refs; dative πολέσι Refs 8th c.BC+; accusative πολέας (trisyllable) Refs 8th c.BC+ (frequently with variant{πολεῖς} Refs 8th c.BC+; in later Epic dialect πολέες is used as feminine, Refs 3rd c.BC+:—Epic dialect also have πουλύς (once in Refs 8th c.BC+; these forms are found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+ — Lyric poetry and Trag. (Lyric poetry) sometimes use Epic dialect forms, dative singular πολεῖ Refs 5th c.BC+
I of Number, many, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐκ πολλῶν, opposed to ἐξὀλίγων, Refs 8th c.BC+; τριηκόντων ἐτέων πόλλ᾽ ἀπολείπων wanting many of thirty years, Refs 8th c.BC+; later πουλὺ.. ἐπ᾽ ἔτος many a year, Refs 2nd c.BC+; of anything often repeated, περὶ σέο λόγος ἀπῖκται π. Refs 5th c.BC+often, Refs 4th c.BC+; τοῦτο ἐπιεικῶς πολὺ νῦν ἐστι is fairly frequent, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.2 of Size, Degree, Intensity, much, mighty, ὄμβρος, νιφετός, Refs 8th c.BC+; π. ὑμέναιος a loud song, Refs 8th c.BC+; π. ὀρυμαγδός, ῥοῖζος, etc.,Refs 8th c.BC+; π. ἀνάγκη strong necessity, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. γέλως, βοή, much or great, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄλβος, αἰδώς, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀλογία, εὐήθεια, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2.b rarely of a single person, great, mighty, μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἐγένεο Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ π. σοφιστής, στρατηγός,Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ πολύς alone, of Hippocrates, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of Trajan, Refs 1st c.BC+
I.2.c joined with a Verb, Κύπρις γὰρ οὐ φορητός, ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ if she flow with full stream, metaphorically from a river, Refs 5th c.BC+; from the wind, ὡς π. ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός was blowing strong and fresh, Refs 5th c.BC+: generally, with might or force, ὅταν ὁ θεὸς.. ἔλθῃ πολύς Refs 5th c.BC+participle and εἰμί, πολλὸς ἦν λισσόμενος was all entreaties, Refs 5th c.BC+: without a preposition, π. ἦν τοῖς ἐπαίνοις καὶ ἐπαχθής Refs 4th c.BC+; π. μὲν γὰρ ὁ Φίλιππος ἔσται will be often mentioned, Refs
I.3 of Value or Worth, πολέος δέ οἱ ἄξιος ἔσται Refs 8th c.BC+; περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαί τι, Latin magni facere,Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐπὶ πολλῷ at a high price, Refs 4th c.BC+; πολύ ἐστί τι it is worth much, of great conscquence, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.4 of Space, large, wide, π. χώρη, πεδίον, Refs 8th c.BC+; πόντος, πέλαγος, Refs 8th c.BC+; λίμνη μεγάλη τε καὶ π.Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλὸς ἔκειτο he lay outstretched wide, Refs 8th c.BC+; π. κέλευθος a far way, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.5 of Time, long, χρόνος Refs 8th c.BC+; διὰ πολλοῦ (i.e. χρόνου) Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸ πολλοῦ long before, Refs 1st c.BC+; ἔτι πολλῆς νυκτός while still quite night, Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλῆς ὥρας late in the day, NT+2nd c.BC+
II Special usages:
II.1 with partitive genitive, e.g. πολλοὶ Τρώων, for πολλοὶ Τρῶες, Refs 8th c.BC+; neuter, πολλὸν σαρκός, for πολλὴ σάρξ, Refs 8th c.BC+: in Prose, the adjective generally takes the gender of the genitive, τὸν πολλὸν τοῦ χρόνου Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς γῆς οὐ πολλήν Refs 5th c.BC+; see below 3.
II.2 joined with another adjective, πολλὰ δυστερπῆ κακά Refs 4th c.BC+ adjective by καί, πολέες τε καὶ ἐσθλοί many men and good, Refs 8th c.BC+; παλαιά τε πολλά τεRefs 8th c.BC+; π. καὶ καλοὺς (assuming variant) κινδύνους, π. καὶ καλὰ παραδείγματα, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 with the Article (in Refs 8th c.BC+ without the Article, Refs 8th c.BC+ those many lives, NT+5th c.BC+: with abstract Nouns, τᾶς πολλᾶς ὑγιείας Refs 4th c.BC+numbers, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b οἱ π. the many, i.e. the greater number, Ἀθηναῖοι.. ἀπῆλθον οἱ πολλοί Refs 5th c.BC+ the prevailing report, Refs 5th c.BC+far the most, Refs 5th c.BC+ the people, the commonalty, opposed to οἱ μείζω κεκτημένοι, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to οἱ κομψότεροι, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ π., = Latin plebs, Refs 1st c.BC+; τῶν πολλῶν εἷς one of the multitude, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ π. alone, = vulgus, variant in Refs 1st c.BC+; the ordinary man, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ ἐμπαθὴς καὶ π. ἄνθρωπος 'l'homme moyen sensuel', Refs 5th c.AD+; ὁ π. ἄνθρωπος (with plural Verb) the average man, opposed to τὸ ἐξαίρετον, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3.c τὸ πολύ, with genitive, τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ π. βίοτος the best part of life, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.d τὰ πολλά the most, Refs 8th c.BC+ as substantive, means much riches, great possessions, Refs 8th c.BC+; πρὸς τὸ τῶν π. μέγεθος in regard to the size of the average, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 plural πολλά very much, too much, πολλὰ πράσσειν, ={πολυπραγμονεῖν}, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἔρξαι τινά to do one much harm, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.5 πολλάς with Verbs of beating (πληγάς being omitted), see at {πληγή} Refs
II.6 πολύς repeated, ἦ πολλὰ πολλοῖς εἰμι διάφορος βροτῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
III Adverbial usages:
III.a neuter πολύ (Ionic dialect πολλόν), πολλά, much, πόλλ᾽ ἀεκαζομένη Refs 8th c.BC+; especially of repetition, often, Refs 8th c.BC+; so of earnest commands and entreaties, πολλὰ κελεύων, πόλλ᾽ ἐπέτελλον, πολλὰ λισσομένη, πολλὰ μάλ᾽ εὐχομένω, Refs 8th c.BC+: with the Article, τὸ πολύ for the most part, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but with numerals, at most, Vett.Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b of Degree, far, very much, ἀπέφυγε πολλὸν τοὺς διώκοντας Refs very, θρασὺς εἶ πολλοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλοῦ πολύς, πολλὴ πολλοῦ, much too much, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.c of Space, a great way, far, οὐ πολλόν Refs 5th c.BC+
III.d of Time, long, ὡς πολλὸν τοῦτο ἐγίνετο Refs 5th c.BC+
III.e of Probability, ἐὰν πολλὰ πολλῶν τέκῃς, perhaps ={ἐὰν πολλάκις τέκῃς},Refs 1st c.BC+; ἐάν τι πολλὰ πολλάκις πάθω Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 πολύ is frequently joined with adjectives and adverbs,
III.2.a with a comparative to increase its comparative force, πολὺ μεῖζον, πολλὸν παυρότεροι, Refs 8th c.BC+; πολὺ μᾶλλον much more, Refs 8th c.BC+; πολύ τι μᾶλλον falsa lectio in Refs 1st c.BC+ adjective, π. ἐν πλέονι, π. ἐπὶ δεινοτέρῳ,Refs 5th c.BC+; so πολλῷ is frequently used with the comparative, by far, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἀσθενέστερον not a great deal weaker, Refs 5th c.BC+ much sooner, Refs 8th c.BC+: with the comp. Verb φθάνω, ἦ κε πολὺ φθαίη Refs 5th c.BC+ = prefer, ἡμῖν πολὺ βούλεται ἢ Δαναοῖσι νίκην Refs 8th c.BC+; πολύ γε in answers, after a comparative or superlative, ἀργὸς.. γενήσεται μᾶλλο; Answ. πολύ γε Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.b with a superlative, πολὺ πρώτιστος, πολλὸν ἄριστος, far the first, etc., Refs 8th c.BC+
III.2.c with a Positive, to add force to the adjective, ὦ πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα, πολλὰ δ᾽ αὖ σοφή Refs 5th c.BC+; compare πλεῖστος.
IV with Preps.,
IV.1 διὰ πολλοῦ at a great interval of Space or Time, see at {διά} Refs 4th c.BC+
IV.2 εἰς πολύ for a long time, Refs 3rd c.AD+
IV.3 ἐκ πολλοῦ from a great distance, Refs 5th c.BC+; for a long time, see at {ἐκ} Refs
IV.4 ἐπὶ πολύ,
IV.4.a over a great space, far, οὐκ ἐπὶ πολλόν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, τῆς χώρας, Refs 5th c.BC+; to a great extent, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.4.b for a long time, long, Refs
IV.4.c ὡς ἐπὶ π. very generally,Refs 4th c.BC+ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. for the most part, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.5 παρὰ πολύ by far, see at {παρά} C.111.5.
IV.6 περὶ πολλοῦ, see above Refs
IV.7 πρὸ πολλοῦ far before, τῆς πόλεως Refs 1st c.BC+; also of Time, οὐ πρὸ π. not long before, Refs
IV.8 σὺν πολλῷ in no small degree, only too much or too well, Refs 3rd c.AD+
V for comparative πλείων, πλέων, superlative πλεῖστος, (see entry). (Cf. Sanskrit purú-, Gothic filu 'much'.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.