πολλοστός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν (formed from <b class="b3">πολύς</b> on the analogy of <b class="b3">εἰκοστός, τριακοστός</b>, etc.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">far on in the ordinal series first, second, third</b>, etc., <b class="b3">π. ὢν Συρακοσίων καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ δόξῃ</b>, i. e. far from the most eminent of the Syracusans, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.65</span>; <b class="b3">κίνησις… δευτέρα τε καὶ ὁπόσων ἀριθμῶν βούλοιτο ἄν τις ἀριθμεῖν αὐτὴν πολλοστὴν τοσούτων</b>, i.e. infinitely less important, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>896b</span>; <b class="b3">πότερον… τὰ σκληρότατα… ἢ… τὰ πολλοστὰ σκληρότητι;</b> things <b class="b2">far down in descending order</b> of hardness, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>44e</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ π. ἡδοναί</b>, opp. <b class="b3">αἱ ἀκρόταται καὶ σφοδρόταται</b>, ibid. Adv., <b class="b3">δευτέρως καὶ -στῶς λέγοιντ' ἄν</b> <b class="b2">much less properly</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κυρίως</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1176a29</span>; [ὑγείας] πρώτως μὲν θεοί, δευτέρως δὲ ἢ καὶ π. ἄνθρωποι μεταλαμβάνουσιν <span class="bibl">Herm. <span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.90</span> A.; but <b class="b3">τὸ π. εἰπεῖν</b> <b class="b2">using many</b> alternative [[names]] for the same thing, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>11.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> with <b class="b3">ἀπό</b>, [[remote]], <b class="b3">τρίται καὶ π. ἀπὸ [τῆς Νυκτός</b>] <span class="bibl">Herm. <span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.144</span> A.; ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργίας <span class="bibl">Iamb. <span class="title">Myst.</span>3.28</span>; ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκείας ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>110</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχικῆς μονάδος</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">119</span>, <span class="bibl">181</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">π. μέρος</b> or <b class="b3">μόριον</b>, a fraction <b class="b2">with one for numerator and with a large denominator</b>, i. e. a [[small]] fraction, π. τι μέρος <span class="bibl">And.2.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.6.7</span>; π. μόριον <span class="bibl">Th.6.86</span>: freq. with a neg., οὐδὲ [τὸ] π. μέρος <span class="bibl">Lys.14.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.1.34</span>; μηδὲ πολλοστὸν ἐξευρίσκειν τινῶν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.210S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of Time, <b class="b3">π. ἔτει</b> <b class="b2">in the last of many</b> years, i.e. after many years, <span class="bibl">Cratin.Jun.9</span>; <b class="b3">π. χρόνῳ</b> <b class="b2">after a very long</b> time, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>559</span>, <span class="bibl">D.24.196</span>, <span class="bibl">57.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.329</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in later Gr., = [[πολύς]], πολλοστὸς ἔργοις one that has done <b class="b2">a great deal</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>23.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>5.19</span>.</span>