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|Definition=[ᾰ], Ep. and Lyr. [[πολλάκι]], sometimes in Trag. (only lyr.) metri gr., A.''Th.''227, ''Supp.''131, S.''Ph.''1456 (anap.); never in Prose: ([[πολύς]]): Adv.<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[time]], [[many times]], [[often]], Il.1.396, etc.; πολλάκις καὶ οὐκὶ [[ἅπαξ]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.46; πολλάκις τοῦ μηνός [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.9; πολλάκις ἀγωνοθέτης ''Ephes.'' 3p.152No.70.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of Degree and Number, [[πολλάκις μυρίοι]] = [[many tens of thousands]], Pl.''Lg.''810d, ''Tht.''175a; of Quantity, [τὴν] οὐσίαν πολλάκις τοσαύτην ἐποίησε Id.''R.''330b; of Size, μεῖζον πολλάκις Plu.2.944a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[τὸ πολλάκις]] = [[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.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Att., after conditional particles, [[perhaps]], σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο πολλάκις Ar. ''Ec.''791; <b class="b3">ἐάν τι πολλὰ πολλάκις πάθω</b> ib.1105: with ἄρα, ἐὰν ἄρα πολλάκις [[νυμφόληπτος]] γένωμαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''238d, cf. ''Phd.''60e, D.32.3; also [[μὴ πολλάκις]] = [[lest perchance]], Hp.''VC''14, Th.2.13, Pl.''Prt.''361c, al.