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