πολύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. <b class="b3">πολλή, πολύ;</b> gen. <b class="b3">πολλοῦ, ῆς, ou=;</b> dat. <b class="b3">πολλῷ, ῇ, ῷ;</b> acc. [[πολύν]], [[πολλήν]], [[πολύ]]:—Ion. πολλός <span class="bibl">Anacr.43.3</span>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> πολλή, πολλόν <span class="bibl">Xenoph.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.219</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.3.19</span>; also in Trag., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>86</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1196</span>; acc. [[πολλόν]], [[πολλήν]], [[πολλόν]]: Hdt. uses the Ion. forms, but codd. have πολύν <span class="bibl">2.121</span>. [[δ]], <span class="bibl">3.57</span>, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">6.125</span>, πολύ <span class="bibl">2.106</span>,<span class="bibl">3.38</span>,<span class="bibl">6.72</span>,<span class="bibl">7.46</span>,<span class="bibl">160</span> ([[πολύ]] also in <span class="bibl">Heraclit.114</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr. 244</span>):—both sets of forms are found in Ep., also gen. sg. πολέος <span class="bibl">Il.4.244</span>, etc.: nom. pl. πολέες <span class="bibl">2.417</span>, al., once contr. πολεῖς <span class="bibl">11.708</span>; gen. [[πολέων]] (trisyll.) <span class="bibl">5.691</span>, (disyll.) <span class="bibl">16.655</span>; dat. πολέσι <span class="bibl">10.262</span>,al.; πολέσσι <span class="bibl">13.452</span>, al.; πολέεσσι <span class="bibl">9.73</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.54</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>119</span>, etc.; acc. [[πολέας]] (trisyll.) <span class="bibl">Il.3.126</span>, etc., (disyll.) <span class="bibl">1.559</span>,<span class="bibl">2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>580</span> (freq. with [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πολεῖς]] <span class="bibl">Il.15.66</span>, etc.); in later Ep. [[πολέες]] is used as fem., <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>28</span>, also πολέας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Dian.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.21</span>; neut. πολέα <span class="bibl">Q.S.1.74</span> (v. infr.):—Ep. also have πουλύς (once in <span class="bibl">Hes., <span class="title">Th.</span>190</span>, also <span class="bibl">Thgn. 509</span>, sometimes fem. in Hom., πουλὺν ἐφ' ὑγρήν <span class="bibl">Il.10.27</span>, ἠέρα πουλύν <span class="bibl">5.776</span>), neut. πουλύ <span class="bibl">Od.19.387</span>; these forms are found in codd. of Hp. and Aret. (who uses [[πολύ]], [[πουλύ]] and [[πολλόν]] in neut.), but not in Hdt.:— Lyr. and Trag. (lyr.) sometimes use Ep. forms, dat. sg. πολεῖ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>745</span>; nom. pl. πολέες <span class="bibl">B.10.17</span>; neut. πολέα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>723</span>; πολέων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1332</span> (fem., <span class="bibl">B.5.100</span>); dat. pl. πολέσι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1263</span>. <b class="b3">[ῠ</b>always.] </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of Number, [[many]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.417</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐκ πολλῶν</b>, opp. [[ἐξὀλίγων]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>447</span>; <b class="b3">τριηκόντων ἐτέων πόλλ' ἀπολείπων</b> wanting [[many]] of thirty years, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Op.</span>696</span>; παρῆσάν τινες, καὶ πολλοί γε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58d</span>; οὐ πολλοί τινες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>510</span>: with Nouns of multitude, πουλὺς ὅμιλος <span class="bibl">Od.8.109</span>; πλῆθος πολλόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.141</span>; ἔθνος πολλόν <span class="bibl">Id.4.22</span>; later <b class="b3">πουλὺ… ἐπ' ἔτος</b> [[many]] a year, <span class="title">AP</span>6.235 (Thall.); π. ἦν ὁ καταπλέων <span class="bibl">Plb.15.26.10</span>; of anything often repeated, περὶ σέο λόγος ἀπῖκται π. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.30</span>; πολλὸν ἦν τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος <span class="bibl">Id.2.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.137</span>, etc.; πολὺ… τὸ σὸν ὄνομα διήκει πάντας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>305</span>; τούτῳ πολλῷ χρήσεται τῷ λόγῳ [[often]], <span class="bibl">D.21.29</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦτο ἐπιεικῶς πολὺ νῦν ἐστι</b> is fairly [[frequent]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of Size, Degree, Intensity, [[much]], [[mighty]], [[ὄμβρος]], [[νιφετός]], <span class="bibl">Il.10.6</span>; π. ὕπνος <span class="bibl">Od.15.394</span>; πῦρ… π. <span class="bibl">10.359</span>; <b class="b3">π. ὑμέναιος</b> a [[loud]] song, <span class="bibl">Il.18.493</span>; <b class="b3">π. ὀρυμαγδός, ῥοῖζος</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">2.810</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.315</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">π. ἀνάγκη</b> [[strong]] necessity, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1674</span>; <b class="b3">π. γέλως, βοή</b>, [[much]] or [[great]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>303</span>, <span class="bibl">1149</span>; [[μωρία]] ib. <span class="bibl">745</span>; [[ὄλβος]], [[αἰδώς]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>251</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>948</span>; ἀσφάλεια <span class="bibl">Th.2.11</span>; [[ἀλογία]], [[εὐήθεια]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>67e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>275c</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> rarely of a single person, [[great]], [[mighty]], μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἐγένεο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ π. σοφιστής, στρατηγός</b>, Chor.<span class="bibl">p.23</span> B., Id.in <span class="title">Rev.Phil.</span>1.68; ὁ πάντα π. Id.p.27 B.; <b class="b3">ὁ πολύς</b> alone, of Hippocrates, Gal.19.530; of Trajan, Lyd.<span class="title">Mag.</span>2.28; ῥώμην σώματος πολύς <span class="bibl">D.H.2.42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> joined with a Verb, <b class="b3">Κύπρις γὰρ οὐ φορητός, ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ</b> if she flow [[with full stream]], metaph. from a river, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>443</span>; θρασυνομένῳ καὶ πολλῷ ῥέοντι <span class="bibl">D. 18.136</span>; from the wind, <b class="b3">ὡς π. ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός</b> was blowing [[strong]] and fresh, <span class="bibl">Id.25.57</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>760</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>11.49 (Even.): generally, [[with might]] or [[force]], ὅταν ὁ θεὸς… ἔλθῃ πολύς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>300</span>; ἢν π. παρῇ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>1200</span>; π. καὶ τολμηρὸς ἅνθρωπος <span class="bibl">D.40.53</span>: with part. and <b class="b3">εἰμί, πολλὸς ἦν λισσόμενος</b> was [[all]] entreaties, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.91</span>; ἦν πολλὸς ὑπὸ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς αἰνεόμενος <span class="bibl">Id.1.98</span>; Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς π.… ὑμνοῖθ' <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>6</span>; π. ἐνέκειτο λέγων <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.158</span>; π. τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν ἔγκειται <span class="bibl">D.18.199</span>; also π. ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λόγοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.59</span>; πρὸς ταῖς παρασκευαῖς <span class="bibl">Plb.5.49.7</span>; ἐπὶ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ <span class="bibl">D.S.14.107</span>: without a Prep., π. ἦν τοῖς ἐπαίνοις καὶ ἐπαχθής <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.41</span>; <b class="b3">π. μὲν γὰρ ὁ Φίλιππος ἔσται</b> will be [[often mentioned]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.166</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of Value or Worth, πολέος δέ οἱ ἄξιος ἔσται <span class="bibl">Il.23.562</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.8.405</span>; πολλοῦ ἄξιος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.28</span>, etc.; πολλῶν ἄξιος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>918</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαί τι</b>, Lat. [[magni facere]], cf. [[περί]] A. IV; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πολλῷ</b> at a [[high price]], <span class="bibl">D.8.53</span>; ἐπὶ π. ἐρραθυμηκότες <span class="bibl">Id.1.15</span>; <b class="b3">πολύ ἐστί τι</b> it is [[worth much]], [[of great conscquence]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>18.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of Space, [[large]], [[wide]], <b class="b3">π. χώρη, πεδίον</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.520</span>,<span class="bibl">4.244</span>, etc.; [[πόντος]], [[πέλαγος]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>635</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>635</span>; χῶρος πλατὺς καὶ π. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.39</span>; <b class="b3">λίμνη μεγάλη τε καὶ π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">109</span>; π. ἡ Σικελία <span class="bibl">Th. 7.13</span>; π. ἡ Ἑλλάς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>78a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πολλὸς ἔκειτο</b> he lay [[outstretched wide]], <span class="bibl">Il.7.156</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.307</span>; <b class="b3">π. κέλευθος</b> a [[far]] way, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>748</span> (troch.): without ὁδός, πολλὴ μὲν εἰς Ἡράκλειαν... πολλὴ δὲ εἰς Χρυσόπολιν… <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.3.16</span>: <b class="b3">διὰ πολλοῦ, ἐκ πολλοῦ</b>, v. infr. IV. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of [[time]], [[long]], χρόνος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1402</span> (anap.), etc.; πολὺν χρόνον <span class="bibl">Il.2.343</span>, etc.; οὐ π. χρ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>348</span>, etc.; so πολλοῦ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>98</span>; χρόνῳ πολλῷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>228</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ πολλοῦ</b> (sc. [[χρόνου]]) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>15</span>; ἐκ πολλοῦ <span class="bibl">Th.1.58</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 21.41</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ πολλοῦ</b> [[long]] before, <span class="bibl">D.S.14.43</span>; οὐ μετὰ πολύ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>54</span>; <b class="b3">ἔτι πολλῆς νυκτός</b> while still [[quite]] night, <span class="bibl">Th.8.101</span>; <b class="b3">πολλῆς ὥρας</b> [[late]] in the day, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.8.3</span>; ἤδη ὥρα πολλή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>6.35</span>; ἔτι ἔστιν ἡμέρα πολλή <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>29.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Special usages: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> c. partit.gen., e.g. <b class="b3">πολλοὶ Τρώων</b>, for <b class="b3">πολλοὶ Τρῶες</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.271</span>, etc.; neut., <b class="b3">πολλὸν σαρκός</b>, for <b class="b3">πολλὴ σάρξ</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.450</span>: in Prose, the Adj. generally takes the gender of the gen., τὸν πολλὸν τοῦ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.24</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς γῆς οὐ πολλήν</b> <span class="bibl">Th.6.7</span>; τῆς ἀθάρης πολλήν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>694</span>; πολλὴν τῆς χώρας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 3.2.2</span>; ὁ π. τοῦ λόγου <span class="bibl">D.44.6</span>; v. infr. 3. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> joined with another Adj., πολλὰ δυστερπῆ κακά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>277</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">585</span> (lyr.), etc.: more freq. joined to another Adj. by <b class="b3">καί, πολέες τε καὶ ἐσθλοί</b> [[many]] men and good, <span class="bibl">Il.6.452</span>, etc.; πολέες τε καὶ ἄλκιμοι <span class="bibl">21.586</span>; πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά <span class="bibl">Od.2.312</span>; <b class="b3">παλαιά τε πολλά τε</b> ib.<span class="bibl">188</span>; ἄκοσμά τε π. τε <span class="bibl">Il.2.213</span>; πολλαί γε… καὶ ἄλλαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>363</span>; π. τε καὶ κακά <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.167</span>, etc.; π. κἀγαθά <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>351</span> (but π. ἀγαθά <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.45); π. καὶ ἀνόσια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>416e</span>; π. καὶ μακάρια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>269d</span>; π. καὶ πονηρά <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.9.6</span>; πολλά τε καὶ δεινά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>5.5.8</span>; μεγάλα καὶ π. <span class="bibl">D.36.22</span>; <b class="b3">π. καὶ καλοὺς</b> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]) <b class="b3">κινδύνους, π. καὶ καλὰ παραδείγματα</b>, <span class="bibl">Din.1.109</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> with the Art. (in Hom. without the Art., <span class="bibl">Il.2.483</span>, <span class="bibl">5.334</span>, <span class="bibl">22.28</span>), of persons or things well known, <b class="b3">Ἑλένα μία τὰς πολλάς, τὰς πάνυ π. ψυχὰς ὀλέσασ'</b> those [[many]] lives, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1456</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>845</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>88a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>54a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>26.24</span>: with abstract Nouns, τᾶς πολλᾶς ὑγιείας <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>1001</span> (lyr., dub.); τὸ πολλόν [[numbers]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.136</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">οἱ π</b>. the [[many]], i.e. the [[greater number]], Ἀθηναῖοι… ἀπῆλθον οἱ πολλοί <span class="bibl">Th. 1.126</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.32</span>, etc. (so in sg., <b class="b3">ὁ πολλὸς λόγος</b> the [[prevailing]] report, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.75</span>); τοῖς π. κριταῖς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1243</span>: with [[genitive]], <b class="b3">τοῖς π. βροτῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">682</span>; οἱ π. τῶν ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.2.24</span>; οἱ πολλοὶ ἅπαντες [[far the most]], Hp.Aër.20 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[μάλιστα]] for [[ἅπαντες]]); for <b class="b3">τὰ πολλὰ πάντα</b>, v. infr. 111.1a: hence <b class="b3">οἱ πολλοί</b> the [[people]], the [[commonalty]], opp. <b class="b3">οἱ μείζω κεκτημένοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>; opp. <b class="b3">οἱ κομψότεροι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>505b</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ π</b>., = Lat. [[plebs]], <span class="bibl">D.S.20.36</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν πολλῶν εἷς</b> one [[of]] the [[multitude]], <span class="bibl">D.21.96</span>; also ὁ π. λεώς <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>17</span>; ὁ π. ὅμιλος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Luct.</span>2</span>. <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.1.1</span>, etc.; ὁ π. δῆμος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Apol.</span>15</span>; ὁ π. ὄχλος <span class="bibl">Ph. 2.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ π</b>. alone, = [[vulgus]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">D.S.2.29</span>; the [[ordinary man]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>478</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.154S.; νίμμα ὁ π. λέγει, ἡμεῖς ἀπόνιπτρον λέγομεν Phryn.170, cf.369; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐμπαθὴς καὶ π. ἄνθρωπος</b> 'l'homme [[moyen]] sensuel', <span class="bibl">Herm.<span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.146A.</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ π. ἄνθρωπος</b> (with pl. Verb) the [[average]] man, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἐξαίρετον</b>, <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.216</span> D. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">τὸ πολύ</b>, c. gen., τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.100</span>; τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου Hp.Aër. 20; τῶν λογάδων τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Th.5.73</span>; τῶν ὅπλων τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>288b</span>; also ὁ στρατὸς ὁ πολλός <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.102</span>; ἡ δύναμις ἡ π. <span class="bibl">Th.1.24</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ π. βίοτος</b> [[the best part]] of life, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>185</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> τὰ πολλά [[the most]], <span class="bibl">Od.22.273</span>, and perhaps <span class="bibl">2.58</span>, <span class="bibl">17.537</span> (elsewhere in Hom. [[πολλά]], as [[substantive]], means [[much riches]], [[great possessions]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.684</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.195</span>); τὰ π. τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ τῶν π. μέγεθος</b> in regard to the size of [[the average]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1363b11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> pl. [[πολλά]] [[very much]], [[too much]], <b class="b3">πολλὰ πράσσειν</b>, = [[πολυπραγμονεῖν]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>576</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>228</span>; π. ἔπαθεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.63</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">π. ἔρξαι τινά</b> to do one [[much harm]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>923</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[πολλάς]] with Verbs of beating ([[πληγάς]] being omitted), v. [[πληγή]] ''1''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[πολύς]] repeated, ἦ πολλὰ πολλοῖς εἰμι διάφορος βροτῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>579</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>451</span>; τὰ μὲν οὖν πολλὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου διηγήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>615a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πολλοῦ πολύς</b>, v. infr. <span class="bibl">111.1b</span>: with Advbs. [[πολλάκις]], [[πολλαχῇ]], etc. ([[quod vide|qq.v.]], cf. <span class="bibl">111.1</span> e). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adverbial usages: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> neut. [[πολύ]] (Ion. [[πολλόν]]) <b class="b3">, πολλά</b>, [[much]], πόλλ' ἀεκαζομένη <span class="bibl">Il.6.458</span>, etc.; strengthened, μάλα πολλά <span class="bibl">8.22</span>, al.; πάνυ πολύ Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.119c; πολύ τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>484d</span>; especially of repetition, [[often]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.798</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>322</span>; so of [[earnest]] commands and entreaties, <b class="b3">πολλὰ κελεύων, πόλλ' ἐπέτελλον, πολλὰ λισσομένη, πολλὰ μάλ' εὐχομένω</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.528</span>, <span class="bibl">11.782</span>, <span class="bibl">5.358</span>, <span class="bibl">9.183</span>: with the Art., τὸ πολύ [[for the most part]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>315a</span>, etc. (but with numerals, [[at most]], Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">9.5</span>); ὡς τὸ π. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.10</span>, etc.; τὰ πολλά <span class="bibl">Th.1.13</span>, <span class="bibl">2.11</span>,<span class="bibl">87</span>, etc.; ὡς τὰ π. <span class="bibl">Id.5.65</span>, etc.; τὰ π. πάντα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.203</span>, <span class="bibl">2.35</span>, <span class="bibl">5.67</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of Degree, [[far]], [[very much]], ἀπέφυγε πολλὸν τοὺς διώκοντας <span class="bibl">Id.6.82</span>: also abs. gen. [[πολλοῦ]] [[very]], θρασὺς εἶ πολλοῦ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>915</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eup.74</span>; πολλοῦ δύνασθαι <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.9</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); <b class="b3">πολλοῦ πολύς, πολλὴ πολλοῦ</b>, [[much too much]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>822</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>1046</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> of Space, [[a great way]], [[far]], οὐ πολλόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.104</span>; πολὺ οὐκ ἐξῄεσαν <span class="bibl">Th.1.15</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> of [[time]], [[long]], ὡς πολλὸν τοῦτο ἐγίνετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.126</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.129</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> of Probability, <b class="b3">ἐὰν πολλὰ πολλῶν τέκῃς</b>, perhaps = [[ἐὰν πολλάκις τέκῃς]],<span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 744.9</span> (i B.C./i A.D.); ἐάν τι πολλὰ πολλάκις πάθω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1105</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[πολύ]] is freq. joined with Adjs. and Advbs., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> with a Comp. to increase its comp. force, <b class="b3">πολὺ μεῖζον, πολλὸν παυρότεροι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.167</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.17</span>; <b class="b3">πολὺ μᾶλλον</b> [[much]] more, <span class="bibl">Il.9.700</span>; <b class="b3">πολύ τι μᾶλλον</b> [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>4</span> (<span class="bibl">p.22</span> U.-R.): with words, esp. Preps., between [[πολύ]] and its Adj., <b class="b3">π. ἐν πλέονι, π. ἐπὶ δεινοτέρῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.35</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>589e</span>; πολὺ ἔτι ἐκ λαμπροτέρων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110c</span>; π. σὺν φρονήματι μείζονι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.22</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">3.2.30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>1.4</span> (but the Prep. freq. comes first, ἐκ π. ἐλάττονος <span class="bibl">And.1.109</span>, etc.); so [[πολλῷ]] is freq. used with the Comp., [[by far]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>337</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.134</span>, etc.; π. μᾶλλον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1159</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>80e</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἀσθενέστερον</b> not [[a great deal]] weaker, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.181</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.48</span>,<span class="bibl">67</span>, etc.: [[πολύ]] with all words implying comparison, <b class="b3">πολὺ πρίν</b> [[much]] sooner, <span class="bibl">Il.9.250</span>; π. πρό <span class="bibl">4.373</span>: with the comp. Verb φθάνω, ἦ κε πολὺ φθαίη <span class="bibl">13.815</span>; so <b class="b3">πολὺ προβέβηκας ἁπάντων, πολὺ προμάχεσθαι ἁπάντων</b>, <span class="bibl">6.125</span>, <span class="bibl">11.217</span>; προὔλαβε πολλῷ <span class="bibl">Th.7.80</span>: with [[βούλομαι]], = [[prefer]], ἡμῖν πολὺ βούλεται ἢ Δαναοῖσι νίκην <span class="bibl">Il.17.331</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.17.404</span>; <b class="b3">πολύ γε</b> in answers, after a Comp. or Sup., <b class="b3">ἀργὸς… γενήσεται μᾶλλον;</b> Answ. πολύ γε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>421d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">387e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> with a Sup., <b class="b3">πολὺ πρώτιστος, πολλὸν ἄριστος</b>, [[far]] the first, etc., <span class="bibl">Il.2.702</span>, <span class="bibl">1.91</span>, etc.; προθυμία π. τολμηροτάτη <span class="bibl">Th.1.74</span>, etc.; πολλόν τι μάλιστα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.56</span>; π. δή, π. δὴ γυναῖκ' ἀρίσταν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>442</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>539</span>, <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>34.9</span>; also πολλῷ πλεῖστοι <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.έ, <span class="bibl">8.42</span>; π. μεγίστους <span class="bibl">Id.4.82</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> with a Positive, to add force to the Adj., ὦ πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα, πολλὰ δ' αὖ σοφή <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1295</span>; also ἐς πόλλ' ἀθλία πέφυκ' ἐγώ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>619</span> (troch.); πολὺ ἀφόρητος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span> 9.3</span>; cf. [[πλεῖστος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> with Preps., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">διὰ πολλοῦ</b> at [[a great interval]] of Space or Time, v. [[διά]] A.1.5, 11.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">εἰς πολύ</b> for [[a long time]], <span class="bibl">Plot.2.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐκ πολλοῦ</b> from [[a great distance]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.32</span>, etc.; for [[a long time]], v. [[ἐκ]] <span class="bibl">11.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πολύ</b>, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> over [[a great space]], [[far]], οὐκ ἐπὶ πολλόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.32</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, τῆς χώρας</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.50</span>,<span class="bibl">4.3</span>, etc.; to [[a great extent]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.6</span>,<span class="bibl">18</span>,<span class="bibl">3.83</span>; cf. [[ποιέω]] <span class="bibl">B.11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> for [[a long time]], [[long]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.16</span>; τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπὶ π. <span class="bibl">Id.7.38</span>, cf. 39. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> ὡς ἐπὶ π. [[very generally]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.12</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), Archyt. ap. Stob.3.1.195; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. [[for the most part]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>294e</span>, etc.; μὴ καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.154</span>; τό γ' ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Id.8.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">παρὰ πολύ</b> by [[far]], v. [[παρά]] C.111.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">περὶ πολλοῦ</b>, v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">πρὸ πολλοῦ</b> [[far]] before, τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">D.H.9.35</span>; also of [[time]], <b class="b3">οὐ πρὸ π</b>. not [[long]] before, <span class="bibl">Id.5.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b3">σὺν πολλῷ</b> [[in no small degree]], [[only too much]] or [[too well]], <span class="bibl">Hld.2.8</span>,<span class="bibl">9.20</span>, <span class="bibl">10.9</span> (cf. <span class="title">CR</span>41.53). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> for Comp. [[πλείων]], [[πλέων]], Sup. [[πλεῖστος]], v. sub vocc. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">purú-</b>, Goth. [[filu]] 'much'.)</span>