πολύ

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ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον πέρι δώσων → to stand the appointed trial for his life, to stand the appointed struggle for life and death

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French (Bailly abrégé)

neutre de πολύς.

English (Autenrieth)

peculiar forms, πολλός, πολλόν, πουλύς (also fem.), πουλύ, gen. πολέος (Od. 20.25), acc. πουλύν, pl. nom. πολέες, πολεῖς, gen. πολέων (Il. 16.655), πολλάων, πολλέων, dat. πολέσι, πολέεσσι, acc. πολέας, for comp. and sup. see πλείων, πλεῖστος: much, many, with numerous applications that call for more specific words in Eng., as ‘long,’ of time, ‘wide,’ ‘broad,’ of space, ‘loud,’ ‘heavy,’ of a noise or of rain, etc. πολλοί (Att. οἱ πολλοί), the many, the most, the greater part, Il. 2.483, and w. part. gen., πολλοὶ Τρώων, etc. Freq. as subst., πολλοί, πολλά, ‘many men,’ ‘many things,’ but predicative in Od. 2.58, Od. 17.537; often with other adjectives, πολέες τε καὶ ἐσθλοί, πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά, ‘many fine things,’ Od. 2.312. —Neut. as adv., πολύ, πολλόν, πολλά, much, far, by far, very; πολλὰ ἠρᾶτο, prayed ‘earnestly,’ ‘fervently,’ Il. 1.35; w. comp. and sup., πολὺ μᾶλλον, πολλὸν ἀμείνων, ἄριστος, so πολὺ πρίν, πολλὸν ἐπελθών, Il. 20.180.

Greek Monolingual

Ν
επίρρ. βλ. πολύς.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πολύ:
I (ῠ) n к πολύς.
II τό большая часть, основная масса (τὸ π. τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ Xen.).
III adv.
1) весьма, очень, крайне: π. πρό Hom. на большом расстоянии впереди; π. πρίν Hom. заблаговременно;
2) (cum compar.) гораздо, значительно, намного (π. μᾶλλον Hom.; π. μείζων Aesch., Plat.): π. σὺν φρονήματι μείζονι Xen. с гораздо большей уверенностью;
3) больше, скорее (ἡμῖν π. βούλεται ἢ Δαναοῖσιν νίκην, sc. ὁ Ζεύς Hom.);
4) (cum superl.) безусловно, самый: π. φίλτατος Hom. самый наилюбимейший.

English (Woodhouse)

exceedingly, much, a great deal, with comparatives

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