πολλάκις

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], Ep. and Lyr. πολλάκι, sts. in Trag. (only lyr.) metri gr., A.Th.227, Supp.131, S.Ph.1456 (anap.); never in Prose: (πολύς): Adv.    I of Time, many times, often, Il.1.396, etc.; π. καὶ οὐκὶ ἅπαξ Hdt.7.46; π. τοῦ μηνός X.Cyr.1.2.9; π. ἀγωνοθέτης Ephes. 3p.152No.70.    II of Degree and Number, π. μυρίοι many tens of thousands, Pl.Lg.810d, Tht.175a; of Quantity, [τὴν] οὐσίαν π. τοσαύτην ἐποίησε Id.R.330b; of Size, μεῖζον π. Plu.2.944a.    2 τὸ π. mostly, for the most part, Pi.O.1.32; very much, altogether, χρὼς ὅμοιος ἐγίνετο πολλάκι θάψῳ Theoc.2.88; χαίρετε π Μοῖσαι Id.1.144.    III in Att., after conditional particles, perhaps, σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο π. Ar. Ec.791; ἐάν τι πολλὰ π. πάθω ib.1105: with ἄρα, ἐὰν ἄρα π. νυμφόληπτος γένωμαι Pl.Phdr.238d, cf. Phd.60e, D.32.3; also μὴ π. lest perchance, Hp.VC14, Th.2.13, Pl.Prt.361c, al.