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|Definition=Att. [[πολλή]], [[πολύ]]; gen. [[πολλοῦ]], [[πολλῆς]], [[πολλοῦ]]; dat. [[πολλῷ]], [[πολλῇ]], [[πολλῷ]]; 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.; [[ἐκ πολλῶν]], opp. [[ἐξ ὀλίγων]], <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>; π. [[ὀρυμαγδός]], [[ῥοῖζος]], etc., <span class="bibl">2.810</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.315</span>, etc.; π. [[ἀνάγκη]] = [[strong]] [[necessity]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1674</span>; π. [[γέλως]], [[βοή]], [[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>; [[περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαί τι]], Lat. [[magni facere]], cf. [[περί]] A. IV; [[ἐπὶ πολλῷ]] = [[at a high price]], <span class="bibl">D.8.53</span>; ἐπὶ π. ἐρραθυμηκότες <span class="bibl">Id.1.15</span>; [[πολύ ἐστί τι]] = [[it is worth much]], [[it is of great consequence]], <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>: [[διὰ πολλοῦ]], [[ἐκ πολλοῦ]], 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> [[οἱ πολλοί]] = [[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. ΙΙΙ.1a: hence [[οἱ πολλοί]] = 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>; [[οἱ πολλοί]] = 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 πολὺς [[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 πολὺς [[ὅμιλος]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Luct.</span>2</span>. <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.1.1</span>, etc.; ὁ πολὺς [[δῆμος]] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Apol.</span>15</span>; ὁ πολὺς  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 πολὺς 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 πολὺς 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> [[διὰ πολλοῦ]] = [[at a great interval]] of Space or Time, v. [[διά]] A.1.5, 11.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[εἰς πολύ]] = [[for a long time]], <span class="bibl">Plot.2.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ἐκ πολλοῦ]] = [[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> [[ἐπὶ πολύ]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> [[over a great space]], [[far]], οὐκ ἐπὶ πολλόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.32</span>; ἐπὶ πολλὸν τῆς θαλάσσης, τῆς χώρας, <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 πολύ <span class="bibl">Id.7.38</span>, cf. 39. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[ὡς ἐπὶ πολύ]] = [[very generally]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.12</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), Archyt. ap. Stob.3.1.195; [[ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ]] = [[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 πολύ <span class="bibl">Id.8.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[παρὰ πολύ]] = [[by far]], v. [[παρά]] C.111.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[περὶ πολλοῦ]], v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[πρὸ πολλοῦ]] = [[far before]], τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">D.H.9.35</span>; also of [[time]], [[οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ]] = [[not long before]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> [[σὺν πολλῷ]] = [[in no small degree]], [[only too much]] or [[only 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. purú-, Goth. filu 'much'.)</span>

|btext=πολλή, [[πολύ]] ; <i>gén.</i> [[πολλοῦ]], πολλῆς, [[πολλοῦ]] ; <i>dat.</i> πολλῷ, πολλῇ, πολλῷ ; <i>acc.</i> πολύν, πολλήν, [[πολύ]] ; <i>plur. nom.</i> πολλοί, πολλαί, [[πολλά]], <i>etc.</i><br /><b>I.</b> nombreux : [[πολύς]] [[λαός]] IL peuple nombreux ; πολλοὶ ἑταῖροι IL nombreux compagnons ; πολλοὶ Τρώων IL beaucoup de Troyens ; <i>subst. au neutre</i> : πολλὸν σαρκός OD beaucoup de chair ; πολλὸν βίης OD beaucoup de force ; <i>en prose</i>, [[πολύς]] <i>prend le genre du nom au gén.</i> : τῆς γῆς [[οὐ]] πολλὴ THC une petite partie de la terre ; πολλὴ τῆς χώρας XÉN une grande partie du pays ; <i>en ce sens</i> [[πολύς]] <i>s'ajoute souv. à un autre adj. marquant une qualité (cf. fr. beaucoup de belles choses, <i>lat.</i> tot et tanta)</i> : [[πολέες]] <i>(ion.)</i> [[τε]] καὶ ἐσθλοί IL beaucoup de vaillants guerriers ; πολλὰ καὶ ἀγαθά, <i>ou sans</i> [[καί]] : πόλλ’ ἀγαθά XÉN beaucoup de bonnes choses ; <i>précédé de l'article</i>, [[πολύς]] <i>a la valeur d'un Sp.</i> : οἱ πολλοί, la plupart des hommes, <i>et, p. suite</i>, foule, commun du peuple, peuple <i>en gén.</i> ATT ; avec un gén. part. : οἱ πολλοὶ [[τῶν]] Ἑλλήνων XÉN la masse des Grecs ; <i>de même au sg.</i> : ὁ πολὺς [[ἄνθρωπος]] LUC la plupart des hommes ; τὸ [[πολύ]] THC <i>ou</i> τὸ πολλόν <i>(ion.)</i> HDT <i>ou</i> τὰ [[πολλά]] OD la foule, la multitude ; τὸ πολλὸν [[τοῦ]] χρόνου HDT la plus grande partie du temps ; τὸ πολὺ [[τοῦ]] Ἑλληνικοῦ XÉN la plus grande partie de l'armée grecque ; fréquent : πολλὸς ὑπὸ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς αἰνεόμενος HDT souvent loué par tout homme ; πολλὸς λέγων IL qui parle souvent ; πολλὸν [[ἦν]] [[τοῦτο]] τὸ [[ἔπος]] HDT c’était là une parole souvent répétée;<br /><b>II.</b> <i>p. ext.</i> grand :<br /><b>1</b> haut, élevé : πολὺς [[ὀστεόφιν]] OD un grand amoncellement d'os;<br /><b>2</b> vaste, spacieux : πολὺ [[πεδίον]] IL vaste plaine ; πολὺ [[πέλαγος]], vaste mer;<br /><b>3</b> long : πολλὴ [[ὁδός]] HDT longue route ; πολὺς [[χρόνος]] IL longtemps ; [[οὐ]] πολὺν χρόνον SOPH non pendant longtemps ; [[πολλοῦ]] χρόνου AR depuis longtemps;<br /><b>4</b> de grande valeur : [[πολέος]] <i>(ion.)</i> [[ἄξιος]] IL, OD, [[πολλοῦ]] [[ἄξιος]] ATT digne d'un grand prix ; grand et fort : [[μέγας]] καὶ [[πολλός]] HDT grand et fort ; πολὺς [[κέλαδος]] IL bruit fort ; πολλὴ [[βοή]] SOPH grand cri ; πολὺς [[ὕπνος]] OD profond sommeil ; <i>au sens mor.</i> πολὺς ὁ [[Φίλιππος]] ESCHL Philippe sera puissant ; πολλὴ [[ἀνάγκη]] SOPH nécessité irrésistible;<br /><i>Adv. au neutre</i>;<br /><b>I.</b> • [[πολύ]], beaucoup, HOM, <i>etc., surtout devant un Cp.</i> πολὺ [[μᾶλλον]] HOM beaucoup plus ; πολὺ [[μείζων]] ESCHL beaucoup plus grand ; <i>en ce cas, il est qqf séparé du comparatif par un ou plusieurs mots</i> : πολὺ σὺν φρονήματι μείζονι XÉN avec beaucoup plus de réflexion ; <i>devant un Sp.</i> πολὺ [[φίλτατος]] IL de beaucoup le plus cher ; <i>devant un adv. ou un verbe d'antériorité, de supériorité, de préférence</i> : • πολὺ [[πρίν]] OD bien avant ; • πολὺ [[πρό]] IL beaucoup en avant ; [[ἡμῖν]] πολὺ βούλεται ἢ Δαναοῖσιν νίκην IL c'est nous bien plutôt que les Grecs qu’il veut voir vainqueurs;<br /><b>II.</b> • πολλόν <i>poét. et ion.</i> beaucoup : πολλὸν [[ἀμείνων]] IL bien meilleur ; πολλὸν [[ἄριστος]] IL de beaucoup le plus brave;<br /><b>III.</b> • πολλῷ <i>devant un Cp.</i> πολλῷ [[μᾶλλον]] SOPH beaucoup plus ; πολλῷ [[μεῖζον]] XÉN bien plus grand;<br /><b>IV.</b> • [[πολλά]];<br /><b>1</b> beaucoup HOM, <i>etc.</i> ; [[μάλα]] [[πολλά]] HOM tout à fait, extrêmement ; <i>dev. un adj.</i> πολλὰ τάλαινα ESCHL tout à fait malheureuse;<br /><b>2</b> souvent : [[ὅς]] [[τοι]] πόλλ’ [[ὄφελος]] γένοτο IL qui certes vint souvent en aide;<br /><b>V.</b> <i>Locutions diverses avec des particules (conj., prép.)</i>;<br /><b>1</b> • [[ὡς]] τὸ [[πολύ]] ATT le plus souvent, d'ordinaire ; • [[ὡς]] τὰ [[πολλά]] ATT <i>ou simpl.</i> • τὰ [[πολλά]] ATT <i>m. sign.</i><br /><b>2</b> • διὰ [[πολλοῦ]] à une grande distance ; • ἐκ [[πολλοῦ]] à une grande distance, longtemps d'avance;<br /><b>3</b> • ἐπὶ [[πολύ]] au loin, très avant : ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς θαλάσσης THC très avant sur mer ; <i>ou</i> à un très haut degré : ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς δόξης THC à un très haut degré de gloire ; <i>ou</i> pendant longtemps : ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς ἡμέρας THC pendant une grande partie du jour ; [[ὡς]] ἐπὶ [[πολύ]] THC <i>ou</i> [[ὡς]] ἐπὶ τὸ [[πολύ]] THC la plupart du temps, le plus souvent, presque toujours;<br /><b>4</b> • μετὰ [[πολύ]] après un long temps;<br /><b>5</b> • παρὰ [[πολύ]] en grande partie;<br /><b>6</b> • περὶ [[πολλοῦ]] ATT à un haut prix;<br /><i>Cp.</i> [[πλείων]], <i>Sp.</i> [[πλεῖστος]].<br />'''Étymologie:''' R. Πολ, être plein ; cf. R. Πλε, v. [[πλέως]], etc. ; cf. [[πόλις]], lat, plus, plures, plurimi, plerique, populus.

|mdlsjtxt=[the ionic declension [[πολλός]], ή, όν is retained by the [[attic]] in all cases, [[except]] the nom. and acc. masc. and neut. Hom. uses [[both]] ionic and [[attic]] forms.]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of Number, [[many]], opp. to [[ὀλίγος]], Hom., etc.;— with nouns of [[multitude]], πουλὺς [[ὅμιλος]] Od.; πολλὸν [[πλῆθος]] Hdt., etc.:—also of [[anything]] often [[repeated]], πολλὸν ἦν [[τοῦτο]] τὸ [[ἔπος]] Hdt.; πολλὸς αἰνεόμενος Hdt.; [[τούτῳ]] πολλῷ χρήσεται τῷ λόγῳ often, Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of Size, Degree, Force, [[much]], [[mighty]], [[great]], Il., etc.; π. [[ὕπνος]] [[deep]] [[sleep]], Od.; π. [[ὑμέναιος]] a [[loud]] [[song]], Il., etc.:—[[rarely]] of a [[single]] [[person]], [[μέγας]] καὶ πολλὸς ἐγένεο Hdt.; ἢν [[πολλῇ]] ῥυῇ if she [[flow]] with [[full]] [[stream]], metaph. from a [[river]], Eur.; πολλῷ ῥέοντι Dem.; from the [[wind]], πολὺς ἔπνει was blowing [[strong]], Dem.; often with a Partic., πολλὸς ἦν λισσόμενος he was all intreaties, Lat. [[multus]] erat in precando, Hdt.; so, π. ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λόγοισι Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of Value or Worth, [[πολέος]] or [[πολλοῦ]] [[ἄξιος]] Hom.; [[πολλοῦ]] and περὶ [[πολλοῦ]] ποιεῖσθαί τι, Lat. [[magni]] facere, cf. [[περί]] A.IV; ἐπὶ πολλῷ at a [[high]] [[price]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of Space, [[large]], [[wide]], [[wide]]-stretched, π. [[χώρη]], [[πεδίον]] Il., Hes., etc.; [[πόντος]], [[πέλαγος]] Hes., etc.;— πολλὸς ἔκειτο he lay outstretched, Il.;— π. [[κέλευθος]] a far way, Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> of [[time]], [[long]], πολὺν χρόνον Hom., etc.; [[πολλοῦ]] χρόνου Ar.; ἐκ [[πολλοῦ]] Thuc.; ἔτι πολλῆς νυκτός, Lat. [[multa]] [[nocte]], [[while]] [[still]] [[quite]] [[night]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Special usages:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> partitive c. gen., e. g. πολλοὶ Τρώων for πολλοὶ [[Τρῶες]], Il.; πολλὸν σαρκός for πολλὴ [[σάρξ]], Od.; in Prose, the adj. [[generally]] takes the [[gender]] of the gen., τῆς γῆς οὐ πολλήν Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> joined to [[another]] adj. by καί, [[πολέες]] τε καὶ ἐσθλοί [[many]] men and [[good]], Il.; π. καὶ πονηρά Xen.; [[μεγάλα]] καὶ π. Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> with the Art., of persons or things well [[known]], Ἑλένα μία τὰς πολλὰς ψυχὰς ὀλέσασ' those [[many]] lives, Aesch.; ὡς ὁ πολλὸς [[λόγος]] the [[common]] [[report]], Hdt.:—esp. οἱ πολλοί the [[many]], i. e. the greater [[number]], Thuc.; [[hence]], like τὸ [[πλῆθος]], the [[people]], the [[commonalty]], Thuc.; εἷς τῶν πολλῶν one of the [[multitude]], Dem.<br />b. τὺ [[πολύ]], c. gen., τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν Hdt.; τῶν λογάδων τὸ [[πολύ]] Thuc.; but also, ὁ στρατὸς ὁ [[πολλός]] Hdt.<br />c. τὰ [[πολλά]] the [[most]], Od., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> the pl. [[πολλά]] is used with Verbs in the [[sense]] of [[very]] [[much]], too [[much]], πολλὰ πράσσειν = πολυπραγμονεῖν, Eur., Ar.; π. ἔρξαι τινά to do one [[much]] [[harm]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> πολλάς with Verbs of [[beating]], the Subst. [[πληγάς]] [[being]] omitted, v. [[πληγή]] 1.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Adverbial usages:<br />a. neut. [[πολύ]] (ionic πολλόν), [[πολλά]], [[much]], [[very]], Hom., etc.; [[μάλα]] [[πολλά]] Hom.; [[πάνυ]] [[πολύ]] Plat.:—also of [[repetition]], [[many]] times, ofttimes, often, [[much]], Hom., etc.:—also with the Art., τὸ [[πολύ]] for the [[most]] [[part]], Plat.; ὡς τὸ π. Xen.; so, τὰ [[πολλά]], ὡς τὰ π. Thuc.<br />b. of Degree, far, [[very]] [[much]], Hdt.; so absol. gen. [[πολλοῦ]], [[very]], θρασὺς εἶ [[πολλοῦ]] Ar.; [[πολλοῦ]] [[πολύς]], [[πολλοῦ]] πολλή, [[πολλοῦ]] [[πολύ]], [[much]] too [[much]], Ar.<br />c. of Space, a [[great]] way, far, οὐ πολλόν Hdt., etc.<br />d. of [[time]], [[long]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[πολύ]] is often joined with Adjs. and Advs.,<br />a. with a comp. to [[increase]] its [[compar]]. [[force]], πολὺ [[κάλλιον]], [[μεῖζον]], πολλὸν [[ἀμείνων]], παυρότεροι [[much]], far [[more]] [[beautiful]], etc., Hom., etc.:—so dat. πολλῷ by far, Hdt., etc.<br />b. with a Sup., πολὺ [[πρῶτος]], πολλὸν [[ἄριστος]] far the [[first]], etc., Il., etc.:—also, πολλῷ πλεῖστοι Hdt.<br />c. in [[attic]] with a Positive, ὦ πολλὰ μὲν [[τάλαινα]], πολλὰ δ' αὖ σοφή Aesch.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> with Preps.,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> διὰ [[πολλοῦ]] at a [[great]] [[distance]], V. διά A. II. 2.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἐκ [[πολλοῦ]] from a [[great]] [[distance]], Thuc.; for a [[long]] [[time]], v. ἐκ II. 1.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> ἐπὶ [[πολύ]],<br />a. [[over]] a [[great]] [[space]], far, οὐκ ἐπὶ πολλόν Hdt.<br />b. for a [[long]] [[time]], [[long]], Thuc.<br />c. to a [[great]] [[extent]], Plat.; so, ὡς ἐπὶ π. [[very]] [[generally]], Thuc.; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. for the [[most]] [[part]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> παρὰ [[πολύ]], by far, v. [[παρά]] C. I. 5.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> περὶ [[πολλοῦ]], v. supr. I. 3.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> for comp. [[πλείων]], [[πλέων]]; Sup. [[πλεῖστος]], v. sub vocc.