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