πολύς, πολλή (fr. an older form πολλός, found in Hom., Hes., Pind.), πολύ; [(cf. Curtius § 375)]; Sept. chiefly for 39; much; used a. of multitude, number, etc., many, numerous, great: ἀριθμός, Acts xi. 21; λαός, Acts xviii. 10; ὄχλος, Mk. v. 24; vi. 34; [viii.1 LT Tr WH]; Lk. vii. 11; viii. 4; Jn. vi. 2,5; Rev. vii. 9; xix. 6, etc.; πλῆθος, Mk. iii. 7sq.; Lk. v. 6; Acts xiv. 1, ete.; 1. q. abundant, plenteous [A. V. often much], καρπός, Jn. xii. 24; xv. 5,8; θερισμός, (the harvest to be gathered), Mt. ix. 37; Lk. x. 2; γῆ, Mt. xiii. 5; Mk. iv. 5; χόρτος, Jn. vi. 10; οἶνος, 1 Tim. iii. 8; plur. πολλοὶ τελῶναι, Mt. ix. 10; Mk. ii. 15; πολλοὶ προφῆται, Mt. xiii. 17; Lk. x. 24; σοφοί, 1 Co. i. 26; πατέρες, 1 Co. iv. 15; δυνάμεις, Mt. vii. 22; xiii. 58, ete.; ὄχλοι, Mt. iv. 25; viii. 1; xii. 15 [but here L TWH om. Trbr. ὄχ.7; Lk. v. 15, ete.; δαιμόνια, Mk.i. 34; and in many otherexx.; with participles used substantively, Mt. viii. 16; 1 Co. xvi. 9, ete.; with the article prefixed: ai ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῆς αἱ πολλαί, her sins which are many, LK. vii. 47; τὰ πολλὰ γράμματα, the great learning with which I see that you are furnished, Acts xxvi. 24; ὁ πολὺς ὄχλος, the great multitude of common people present, Mk. xii. 37 [ef. ὁ ὄχλ. πολύς, Jn. xii. 9 T Tr mrg. WH; see ὄχλος, 11. Plur. mase. πολλοί, absol. and without the art., many, a large part of mankind: πολλοί simply, Mt. vii. 13, 22; xx. 28; xxvi. 28; Mk. ii. 2; iii. 10; x. 45; xiv. 24; Lk.i.1,14; Heb. ix. 28, and very 9 πολύς often; opp. to ὀλίγοι, Mt. χχ. 16 [T WH om. Tr br. the cl.]; ἕτεροι πολλοί, Acts xv. 35; ἄλλαι πολλαί, Mk. xv. 41; ἕτεραι πολλαί, Lk. viii. 3; πολλοί foll. by a partit. gen., as τῶν Φαρισαίων, Mt. iii. 7; add, LK. i. 16; Jn. xii. 11; Acts iv. 4; xiii. 43; 2 Co. xii. 21; Rev. viii. 11, ete.; foll. by ἐκ with a gen. of class, as πολλοὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, Jn. vi. 60; add, vii. 31,40; x. 20; χὶ. 19, 45; Acts xvii. 12; πολλοὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, Jn. iv. 39. with the article prefixed, οἱ πολλοί, the many [ef. W. 110 (105)]: those contrasted with 6 εἷς (i. 6. both with Adam and with Christ), ace. to the context equiv. to the rest of mankind, Ro. v. 15,19, ef. 12, 18; we the (i.e. who are) many, Ro. xii. 5; 1 Co. x.17; the many whom ye know, 2 Co. ii. 17; the many i. 6. the most part, the majority, Mt. xxiv. 12; 1Co. x. 33. b. with nouns denoting an action, an emotion, a state, which can be said to have as it were measure, weight, force, intensity, size, continuance, or repetition, much i. q. great, strong, intense, large: ἀγάπη, Eph. ii.4; ὀδύνη, 1 Tim. vi. 10; θρῆνος, κλαυθμός, dduppos, Mt. ii. 18; χαράΐ Ree." χάρις], Philem. 7; ἐπιθυμία, 1 Th. ii. 17 ; μακροθυμία, Ro. ix. 22; ἔλεος, 1 Pet. i. 3; γογγυσμός, Jn. vii. 12; τρόμος, 1 Co. ii. 3; πόνος [Rec. ζῆλος], Col. iv. 13; ἀγών, 1 Th. ii. 2; ἄθλησις, Heb. x. 32; θλίψις, 2 Co. ii. 4:1 ΤῊ. 1. 6; καύχησις, 2 Co. vii. 4; πεποίθησις, 2 Co. vill. 22; mAnpopopia, 1 Th. i. 5; παρρησία, 2 Co. iii. 12; vil. 4; 1 Tim. iii. 13; Philem. 8; παράκλησις, 2 Co. viii. 4; συζήτησις [T WH Tr txt. ζήτησις], Acts xv. 7; xxviii. 29 [Ree.]; στάσις, Acts xxiii. 10; dotria, Acts xxvii. 21; Bia, Acts xxiv. 7 [Rec.]; διακονία, Lk. x. 40; σιγή, deep silence, Acts xxi. 40 (Xen. Cyr. 7, 1, 25); φαντασία, Acts xxv. 23; δύναμις καὶ δόξα, Mt. xxiv. 30; Lk. xxi. 275 μισθός, Mt. v.12; Lk. vi. 23, 35; εἰρήνη, Acts xxiv. 2 (3); περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος, about which [but see λόγος, 1. 3 a.] we have much (in readiness) to say, Heb. ν. 11 (πολὺν λόγον ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος, Plat. Phaedo p.115d.; cf. Ast, Lex. Plat. iii. p. 148). c. of time, much, long: πολὺν χρόνον, Jn. ν. 6; μετὰ χρόνον πολύν, Mt. xxv. 19; ὥρα πολλή, much time (i. 6. ἃ large part of the day) is spent [see ὥρα, 2], Mk. vi. 35; ὥρας πολλῆς γενομένης [Tdf. γινομ.Ἴ, of a late hour of the day, ibid. (so πολλῆς ὥρας, Polyb. 5, 8,33; ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥραν, Joseph. antt. 8,4, 45 ἐμάxovro... ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας, Dion. Hal. 2, 54); πολλοῖς χρόνοις, for a long time, Lk. viii. 29 (οὐ πολλῷ χρόνῳ, Hdian. 1, 6, 24 [8 ed. Bekk.]; χρόνοις πολλοῖς ὕστερον, Plut. Thes. 6; [see χρόνος, sub fin.]) ; εἰς ἔτη πολλά, Lk. xii. 19; (ἐκ or) ἀπὸ πολλῶν ἐτῶν, Acts xxiv. 10; Ro. xv. 23 [here WH Tr txt. ἀπὸ ἱκανῶν ér.]; ἐπὶ πολύ, (for) a long time, Acts xxviii. 6; μετ᾽ ov πολύ, not long after [see μετά, 11. 2 b.], Acts xxvii. 14. ἃ. Neut. sing. πολύ, much, substantively, i. 4. many things: Lk. xii. 48; much, adverbially, of the mode and degree of an action: ἠγάπησε, Lk. vii. 47; πλανᾶσθε, Mk. xii. 27; sc. ὠφελεῖ, Ro. iii. 2. πολλοῦ as a gen. of price (fr. Hom. down ; cf. Passow s. v. IV. Ὁ. vol. ii. p. 1013"; [cf. W. 206 (194)]): πραθῆναι, for much, Mt. xxvi. 9. ἐν πολλῷ, in (administering) much (i. e. many things), Lk. xvi. 10; with great labor, great effort, Acts xxvi. 29 (where LT TrWH ἐν μεγάλῳ [see μέγας, 1 8. γ.}. with a compar. (cf. W. 8 35, 1]: πολὺ σπουδαιότερον, 2 Co. viii. 22 (in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down); πολλῷ πλείους, many more, Jn. iv. 41; πολλῷ [or πολὺ] μᾶλλον, see μᾶλλον, 1 ἃ. 58. with the article, τὸ πολύ, Germ. das Viele (opp. to τὸ ὀλίγον), 2 Co. viii. 15 [cf. B. 395 (338); W. 589 (548)]. Plural πολλά a. many things; as, διδάσκειν, λαλεῖν, Mt. xiii. 3; Mk. iv. 2; vi. 34; Jn. viii. 26; xiv. 30; παθεῖν, Mt. xvi. 21; Mk. v. 26; ix.12; Lk. ix. 22, etc., and often in Grk. writ. fr. Pind. Ol. 13, 90 down; ποιεῖν, Mk. vi. 20 [T Tr mrg. WH ἀπορεῖν] ; πρᾶξαι, Acts xxvi. 9; add as other exx., Mt. xxv. 21, 23; Mk. xii. 41; xv. 3; Jn. xvi. 12; 2Co. viii. 22; 2Jn. 12; 3Jn.13; πολλὰ καὶ ἄλλα, Jn. xx. 30. [On the Grk. (and Lat.) usage which treats the notion of multitude not as something external to a thing and consisting merely in a comparison of it with other things, but as an attribute inhering in the thing itself, and hence capable of being co-ordinated with another attributive word by means of καί (q. v. I. 3), see Kiihner § 523, 1 (or on Xen. mem. 1, 2, 24) ; Baumlein, Partikeln, p- 146; Kriiger §69, 32,3; Lob. Paral. p.60; Herm. ad Vig. p. 835; W.§59, 3 fin.; B. 362 sq. (311). Cf. Passow s.v.I.3a.; L. and S.s. v. II. 2.] B. adverbially [ef. W. 463 (432); B.§ 128, 2], much: MK. [vi. 20 T Tr mrg. (?) WH (see dmopéw) |; ix. 26; Ro. xvi. 6, 12 [L br. the cl.J; in many ways, Jas. iii. 2; with many words, [R. V. much], with verbs of saying; as, κηρύσσειν, παρακαλεῖν, etc., Mk. i. 45; 111. 12; v. 10, 23, 43; 1 Co. xvi. 12; many times, often, repeatedly: Mt. ix. 14 [RG Tr WH mrg.] (and often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down ; cf. Passow 8. v. V. 1 a. vol. ii. p. 1013”; [L. and S. III. a.]; Stallbaum on Plat. Phaedo p. 61 ¢c.); with the art. τὰ πολλά, for the most part, [R. V. these many times] (Vulg. plurimum), Ro. xy. 22[L Tr mrg. πολλάκις] (exx. fr. Grk. writ. are given by Passow l. c., [L. and S. 1. 6.7, and by Fritzsche, Ep. ad Rom. iii. p. 281).

πολύς polys 416x

great in magnitude or quantity, much, large, Mt. 13:5; Jn. 3:23; 15:8; pl. many, Mt. 3:7; in time, long, Mt. 25:19; Mk. 6:35; Jn. 5:6; οἱ πολλοί, the many, the mass, Rom. 5:15; 12:5; 1 Cor. 10:33; τὸ πολύ, much, 2 Cor. 8:15; πολύ, as an adv., much, greatly, Mk. 12:27; Lk. 7:47; of time, ἐπὶ πολύ, a long time, Acts 28:6; μετ’ οὐ πολὺ, not long after, Acts 27:14; followed by a compar., much, 2 Cor. 8:22; πολλῷ, much, by much, Mt. 6:30; Mk. 10:48; τὰ πολλά, as an adv., most frequently, generally, Rom. 15:22; πολλά, as an adv., much, greatly, vehemently, Mk. 1:45; 3:12; of time, many times, frequently, often, Mt. 9:14

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,

[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms;]

as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Ac 11:21; ὄχλος, Mk 5:24; θερισμός, Mt 9:37; χόρτος, Jo 6:10; χρόνος, Mt 25:19; γογγυσμός, Jo 7:12; πόνος, Col 4:13; δόξα, Mt 24:30; σιγή, Ac 21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mt 13:17; ὄχλοι, Mt 4:25; δαιμόνια, Mk 1:34; δυνάμεις, Mt 7:22,

As subst., pl. masc., πολλοί, many (persons): Mt 7:22, Mk 2:2, al.; c. gen. partit., Mt 3:7, Lk 1:16, al.; seq. ἐκ, Jo 7:31, Ac 17:12; c. art., οἱ π., the many, Mt 24:12, Ro 12:5, I Co 10:17, 33, II Co 2:17; opp. to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Ro 5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mt 13:3, Mk 5:26, al.; acc. with adverbial force, Mk 1:45, Ro 16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), I Co 16:12, Ja 3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Lk 12:48; adverbially, Mk 12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (gen. pret.), Mt 26:9; c. compar. (Bl., § 44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, II Co 8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jo 4:41.

Compar., πλείων, neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (v. WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater; as adj.: Jo 15:2, Ac 18:20, He 3:3; seq. παρά, He 11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ?); pi., Ac 13:31, al.; c. gen. compar., Mt 21:36; c. num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Ac 4:22 24:11, al.

As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Ac 19:32 27:12, I Co 10:5 15:6; also (Bl., § 44, 3) others, more, the more: II Co 2:6 4:15, Phl 1:14; πλείονα, Lk 11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mt 20:10, II Ti 3:9; c. gen. comp., Mk 12:43, Lk 21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mt 12:41; adverbially, Ac 4:17 20:9 24:4.

As adv., πλεῖον: seq. ἤ, Lk 9:13; c. gen. comp., Mt 5:20; πλείω: c. num., Mt 26:53.

Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον, prop., most: Mt 11:20 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., I Co 14:27;

elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mk 4:1.

πολύς, “much,” plur. ‘‘many’’: P Petr I. 2905 (iii/B.c.) χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὴ εἰ ὑγιαίνεις, ‘‘much thanks to the gods if you are well,” P Ryl II. 2435 (ii/A.D.) τοῦτο οὐ μόνον ἡμεῖν yevapevov ἀλλὰ Kal πολλοῖς, ‘this has happened not to us only but to many ” (Edd.), and 16. 238* (A.p. 262) διὰ πολλὰς χρείας, “for various needs’ (Edd.). The word is very conimon in epistolary greetings (πολλὰ χαίρειν : exx. from B.C. 118 to ili/iv A.D. in Exler Eprstolography p. 27 f.) and in rhetorical prefaces (Sirach proem.), and consequently, as Cadbury suggests (in Jackson and Lake Beginnings of Christianity Part I. Vol. ii. p. 492 f.), πολλοί must not be pressed to mean “ἡ Ac 243, 10, For the adverbial πολλά, which ‘‘ lies between πολύ and πολλάκις : it is ‘much’ with the idea of plurality and repetition introduced’’ (Hort ad Jas 32), cf. P Heid 622 (iv/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 127) πολλὰ προσαγωρεύ(ω) πάντεί -- a)s τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν ἐν K(vpljw, and the curious P Lond 1916”? (c. A.D. 330-340) ἐπιδὴ τὰ πολλὰ πλεῖστα ἀργύρια χρεωστῖ, “ since he owes much, very much money” (Bell). Deissmann (LAZ, p. 317) supplies an interesting parallel to Rom 16° from a Roman woman's praise of her husband in a sepulchral inscr. C/G IV. 9552° tels(= ὅστις) por πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν, ‘‘ who laboured much for me.’”’ And in P Leid C recto ™ (p.c. 161) (= UPZi. p. 353) ταῦτα πάντα τὰ πολλὰ ἐννήα εἰσί, Wilcken understands τὰ πολλά adverbially—‘‘ dies alles ist meistens neu.” Πολλοῦ, as gen. of price (Mt 26%) meets us in P Ἀν] II. 244) (ili/A.D.) τὰ δὲ σωμάτια πολλοῦ ἐστιν ἐνθά[δ]ε, ““slaves are very dear here.” A good ex. of πολλῷ μᾶλλον (Lk 1839) is afforded by P Par 264? (B.c. 162) (= UPZi. p- 248, Se/ectzons p. 18) where the Serapeum Twins petition ἵνα, πᾶν τὸ ἑξῆς ἔχουσαι, πολλῶι μᾶλλον τὰ νομιζόμενα τῶι Σαράπει καὶ τῆι Ἴσει ἐπιτελῶμεν, ‘that, when we have everything in order, we may be much better able to perform the usual ritual to Serapis and to Isis.”’ “Ὥρας πολλῆς γενομένης in Mk 655 can be paralleled from Dion. Hal. ii. 54 ἐμάχοντο ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας, ‘to a late hour” (see Swete ad Mk /.c.). And the pendent nom. of time in Mk 82 meets us in P Oxy XIV. 1764? (iii/A.D.) ἐπεὶ πολ[λ]αὶ ἡμέραι προσκαρτεροῦμεν Φιλέᾳ, where there is no need to correct with the editors into πολ[λ]ὰς ἡμέρας. The instrumental dat. πολλοῖς χρόνοις to denote duration of time is common, e.g. P Oxy I. 1128 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐρρῶσθ[αί very many” in such passages as Lk 1}, , πομα σε] εὔχομαι [πο]λλοῖς [χρόνοις, “1 pray for your continued health” (Edd.). In the account of a legal process at Alexandria in the 2nd half of iv/A.p., published in 4vehzv i. p. 298 f., we find ii 9 ὃς... ob per’ οὐ πολὺ ἥξει, ‘qui pourra se présenter dans peu de temps” (Ed.): cf. BGU II. 614!* (a.p. 216) μετ᾽ οὐ πολύ, ‘not longafter.” For ἐκ πολλοῦ χρόνου see P Strass I. 4215 (a.p. 310), and for ἐπὶ πολύ, see PSI IV. 2994 (iti/A.D.), where Ghedini (Zeé¢fere p. 87) translates ‘‘a tal punto.” The LXX πολλοστός in the sense of “great,” ‘ powerful’’ (2 Kingd 237°, Prov 51%), is discussed by Thackeray Gr. i. p. 185. See also s.vu. πλείων, πλεῖστος.

πολύς (polus) — much. πολύς, Attic dialect πολλή, πολ; genitive πολλοῦ, ῆς, ou=; dative πολλῷ, ῇ, ; accusative πολύν, πολλήν, πολύ:—Ionic dialect πολλός [Refs 6th c.BC+], πολλή, πολλόν [Refs 6th c.BC+]; also in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative πολλόν, πολλήν, πολλόν: [Refs 5th c.BC+] uses the Ionic dialect forms, but codices have πολύν [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—both sets of forms are found in Epic dialect, also genitive singular πολέος [Refs 8th c.BC+], once contraction πολεῖς [Refs]; dative πολέσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; accusative πολέας (trisyllable) [Refs 8th c.BC+] (frequently with variant{πολεῖς} [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in later Epic dialect πολέες is used as feminine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—Epic dialect also have πουλύς (once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; these forms are found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+] — Lyric poetry and Trag. (Lyric poetry) sometimes use Epic dialect forms, dative singular πολεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. of Number, many, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ πολλῶν, opposed to ἐξὀλίγων, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τριηκόντων ἐτέων πόλλ᾽ ἀπολείπων wanting many of thirty years, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later πουλὺ.. ἐπ᾽ ἔτος many a year, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of anything often repeated, περὶ σέο λόγος ἀπῖκται π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]often, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦτο ἐπιεικῶς πολὺ νῦν ἐστι is fairly frequent, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

I.2. of Size, Degree, Intensity, much, mighty, ὄμβρος, νιφετός, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ὑμέναιος a loud song, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ὀρυμαγδός, ῥοῖζος, etc.,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀνάγκη strong necessity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γέλως, βοή, much or great, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄλβος, αἰδώς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλογία, εὐήθεια, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. b rarely of a single person, great, mighty, μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἐγένεο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. σοφιστής, στρατηγός,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πολύς alone, of Hippocrates, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of Trajan, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

I.2. c joined with a Verb, Κύπρις γὰρ οὐ φορητός, ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ if she flow with full stream, metaphorically from a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; from the wind, ὡς π. ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός was blowing strong and fresh, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, with might or force, ὅταν ὁ θεὸς.. ἔλθῃ πολύς [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle and εἰμί, πολλὸς ἦν λισσόμενος was all entreaties, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: without a preposition, π. ἦν τοῖς ἐπαίνοις καὶ ἐπαχθής [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. μὲν γὰρ ὁ Φίλιππος ἔσται will be often mentioned, [Refs]

I.3. of Value or Worth, πολέος δέ οἱ ἄξιος ἔσται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαί τι, Latin magni facere,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πολλῷ at a high price, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολύ ἐστί τι it is worth much, of great conscquence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.4. of Space, large, wide, π. χώρη, πεδίον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόντος, πέλαγος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λίμνη μεγάλη τε καὶ π.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὸς ἔκειτο he lay outstretched wide, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. κέλευθος a far way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.5. of Time, long, χρόνος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; διὰ πολλοῦ (i.e. χρόνου) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ πολλοῦ long before, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἔτι πολλῆς νυκτός while still quite night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῆς ὥρας late in the day, [NT+2nd c.BC+]

II. Special usages:

II.1. with partitive genitive, e.g. πολλοὶ Τρώων, for πολλοὶ Τρῶες, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; neuter, πολλὸν σαρκός, for πολλὴ σάρξ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Prose, the adjective generally takes the gender of the genitive, τὸν πολλὸν τοῦ χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς γῆς οὐ πολλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see below 3.

II.2. joined with another adjective, πολλὰ δυστερπῆ κακά [Refs 4th c.BC+] adjective by καί, πολέες τε καὶ ἐσθλοί many men and good, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παλαιά τε πολλά τε[Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. καὶ καλοὺς (assuming variant) κινδύνους, π. καὶ καλὰ παραδείγματα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. with the Article (in [Refs 8th c.BC+] without the Article, [Refs 8th c.BC+] those many lives, [NT+5th c.BC+]: with abstract Nouns, τᾶς πολλᾶς ὑγιείας [Refs 4th c.BC+]numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. b οἱ π. the many, i.e. the greater number, Ἀθηναῖοι.. ἀπῆλθον οἱ πολλοί [Refs 5th c.BC+] the prevailing report, [Refs 5th c.BC+]far the most, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the people, the commonalty, opposed to οἱ μείζω κεκτημένοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to οἱ κομψότεροι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ π., = Latin plebs, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τῶν πολλῶν εἷς one of the multitude, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ π. alone, = vulgus, variant in [Refs 1st c.BC+]; the ordinary man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐμπαθὴς καὶ π. ἄνθρωπος 'l'homme moyen sensuel', [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὁ π. ἄνθρωπος (with plural Verb) the average man, opposed to τὸ ἐξαίρετον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. c τὸ πολύ, with genitive, τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. βίοτος the best part of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. d τὰ πολλά the most, [Refs 8th c.BC+] as substantive, means much riches, great possessions, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ τῶν π. μέγεθος in regard to the size of the average, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.4. plural πολλά very much, too much, πολλὰ πράσσειν, ={πολυπραγμονεῖν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔρξαι τινά to do one much harm, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.5. πολλάς with Verbs of beating (πληγάς being omitted), see at {πληγή} [Refs]

II.6. πολύς repeated, ἦ πολλὰ πολλοῖς εἰμι διάφορος βροτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. Adverbial usages:

III. a neuter πολύ (Ionic dialect πολλόν), πολλά, much, πόλλ᾽ ἀεκαζομένη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of repetition, often, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so of earnest commands and entreaties, πολλὰ κελεύων, πόλλ᾽ ἐπέτελλον, πολλὰ λισσομένη, πολλὰ μάλ᾽ εὐχομένω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with the Article, τὸ πολύ for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but with numerals, at most, Vett.[Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. b of Degree, far, very much, ἀπέφυγε πολλὸν τοὺς διώκοντας [Refs] very, θρασὺς εἶ πολλοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλοῦ πολύς, πολλὴ πολλοῦ, much too much, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. c of Space, a great way, far, οὐ πολλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. d of Time, long, ὡς πολλὸν τοῦτο ἐγίνετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. e of Probability, ἐὰν πολλὰ πολλῶν τέκῃς, perhaps ={ἐὰν πολλάκις τέκῃς},[Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐάν τι πολλὰ πολλάκις πάθω [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. πολύ is frequently joined with adjectives and adverbs,

III.2. a with a comparative to increase its comparative force, πολὺ μεῖζον, πολλὸν παυρότεροι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολὺ μᾶλλον much more, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολύ τι μᾶλλον falsa lectio in [Refs 1st c.BC+] adjective, π. ἐν πλέονι, π. ἐπὶ δεινοτέρῳ,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; so πολλῷ is frequently used with the comparative, by far, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἀσθενέστερον not a great deal weaker, [Refs 5th c.BC+] much sooner, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with the comp. Verb φθάνω, ἦ κε πολὺ φθαίη [Refs 5th c.BC+] = prefer, ἡμῖν πολὺ βούλεται ἢ Δαναοῖσι νίκην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολύ γε in answers, after a comparative or superlative, ἀργὸς.. γενήσεται μᾶλλο; Answ. πολύ γε [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. b with a superlative, πολὺ πρώτιστος, πολλὸν ἄριστος, far the first, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.2. c with a Positive, to add force to the adjective, ὦ πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα, πολλὰ δ᾽ αὖ σοφή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare πλεῖστος.

IV. with Preps.,

IV.1. διὰ πολλοῦ at a great interval of Space or Time, see at {διά} [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV.2. εἰς πολύ for a long time, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

IV.3. ἐκ πολλοῦ from a great distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for a long time, see at {ἐκ} [Refs]

IV.4. ἐπὶ πολύ,

IV.4. a over a great space, far, οὐκ ἐπὶ πολλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, τῆς χώρας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to a great extent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.4. b for a long time, long, [Refs]

IV.4. c ὡς ἐπὶ π. very generally,[Refs 4th c.BC+] ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.5. παρὰ πολύ by far, see at {παρά} C.111.5.

IV.6. περὶ πολλοῦ, see above [Refs]

IV.7. πρὸ πολλοῦ far before, τῆς πόλεως [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also of Time, οὐ πρὸ π. not long before, [Refs]

IV.8. σὺν πολλῷ in no small degree, only too much or too well, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

V. for comparative πλείων, πλέων, superlative πλεῖστος, (see entry). (Cf. Sanskrit purú-, Gothic filu 'much'.)