πολλαπλάσιος
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
English (LSJ)
α, ον (ος, ον Alcid.Soph.28), Ion. πολλα-πλήσιος, η, ον, (πολύς)
A many (or a number of) times as many or as large, Hdt.3.135, 8.140.α'; π. πρὸς πολλοστημόριον Arist.Metaph.1020b27; π. ἤπερ... ἢ . ., many times as many as... many times more or larger than... Hdt.4.50, al., Pl.R.530c: c. gen., Hdt.7.48, Antipho 3.2.10, Th. 4.94, etc.; π. τινὸς τῷ αὐτῷ ἀριθμῷ the same multiple of... Archim. Spir.19Cor.; also π. τινὸς κατὰ τοὺς ἑξῆς ἀριθμούς ib.Praef. Adv. -ίως Hp.Acut.62, Epicur.Nat.111 G., Archim.Aren.1.2, D.C.44.39, etc.; π. ταχύ Anaxag.9: neut. pl. as Adv., X.Cyr.1.5.9. II π. ἀναλογία, prob. geometrical progression, Arist.APo.78a1. III πολλαπλάσιον, τό, a multiple: in pl., ἰσάκις π. equimultiples, Euc.5 Def.5; ὡσαύτως π. the same multiples, Id.5.15. IV Adv. -ίως by multiplication, Dam.Pr.148.
German (Pape)
[Seite 658] ion. πολλαπλήσιος, auch 2 Endgn, vielfältig, vielmal mehr oder größer; theils absol., Her. 3, 135 u. A., theils mit ἤ, ἤπερ, πολλαπλάσιον τὸ ἔργον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἀστρονομεῖται προστάττεις, Plat. Rep. VII, 530 c, vgl. 534 a, Xen. Cyr. 8, 2, 18 u. A., theils c. gen. wie ein compar. vrbdn, Her. 7, 48 Thuc. 4, 94; τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκγόνους τόκους πολλαπλασίους κομιζόμενοι, Plat. Rep. VIII, 555 e; Xen. Cyr. 5, 2, 30 u. öfter; εἰς πολλαπλασίας τούτου συμφορὰς ἥκω, Antiph. 3 β 10; Pol. 1, 33, 10 u. Folgde.
