poluvrrodo"
poluvr-rodo" , on , ( rJovdon ) abounding in roses, Ar.poluvrroqo"
poluvr-roqo" , on , much-roaring, froivmia p . the cries of many voices, Aesch.polurroivbdhto"
polur-roivbdhto" , on , much-whirring, Anth.poluvrruto"
poluvr-ruØto" , on , much or strong flowing, Soph.poluv", POLU vS, poluv"
POLU vS , pollhv, poluv : gen. pollou`, h`", ou` : dat. pollw`/, h`/, w`/ : acc. poluvn, pollhvn, poluv :— Ion. nom.
pollov"
pollov" , hv, ovn , acc. pollovn, hvn, ovn , this Ion. declension being retained by the Att. in all cases, except the nom. and acc. masc. and neut. Hom. uses both Ion. and Att. forms. Special Ep. forms: pouluv" , uv , gen. polevo" , pl. nom. poleve", polei`" , gen. polevwn , dat. polevsi, polevssi, polevessi , acc. poleva" .I. of Number, many, opp. to ojlivgo" , Hom. , etc. ;-with nouns of multitude, poulu;" o{milo" Od.; pollo;n plh`qo" Hdt ., etc. :—also of anything often repeated, pollo;n h\n tou`to to; e[po" Id.; pollo;" aijneovmeno" Id.; touvtw/ pollw`/ crhvsetai tw`/ lovgw/ often, Dem.
2. of Size, Degree, Force, much, mighty, great, Il., etc. ; p. u{pno" deep sleep, Od.; p. uJmevnaio" a loud song, Il., etc. :—rarely of a single person, mevga" kai; pollo;" ejgevneo Hdt .; h]n pollh`/ rJuh`/ if she flow with full stream, metaph. from a river, Eur. ; pollw`/ rJevonti Dem .; from the wind, polu;" e[pnei was blowing strong, Id.; often with a Partic., pollo;" h\n lissovmeno" he was all intreaties, Lat. multus erat in precando , Hdt .; so, p. h\n ejn toi`si lovgoisi Id., etc.
3. of Value or Worth, polevo" or pollou` a[xio" Hom .; pollou` and peri; pollou` poiei`sqaiv ti , Lat. magni facere , cf. periv A.IV; ejpi; pollw`/ at a high price, Dem.
4. of Space, large, wide, wide-stretched, p. cwvrh, pedivon Il., Hes. , etc. ; povnto", pevlago" Hes ., etc. ;— pollo;" e[keito he lay outstretched, Il.;— p. kevleuqo" a far way, Aesch. , etc.
5. of Time, long, polu;n crovnon Hom ., etc. ; pollou` crovnou Ar .; ejk pollou` Thuc .; e[ti pollh`" nuktov" , Lat. multa nocte , while still quite night, Id.
II.
Special usages:
1.
partitive
c. gen
., e.g.
polloi; Trwvwn
for
polloi; Trw`e"
, Il.;
pollo;n sarkov"
for
pollh; savrx
, Od.; in Prose, the
Adj.
generally takes the gender of the
gen.
,
th`" gh`" ouj pollhvn
Thuc.
2. joined to another Adj. by kaiv, poleve" te kai; ejsqloiv many men and good, Il.; p. kai; ponhpav Xen. ; megavla kai; p . Dem.
3. with the Art., of persons or things well known, \Elevna miva ta;" polla;" yuca;" ojlevsasÆ those many lives, Aesch. ; wJ" oJ pollo;" lovgo" the common report, Hdt. :— esp. oiJ polloiv the many, i.e. the greater number, Thuc .; hence, like to; plh`qo" , the people, the commonalty, Id.; ei|" tw`n pollw`n
one
of the multitude,
Dem.
b.
tu; poluv
,
c. gen
.,
th`" stratih`" to; pollovn
Hdt
.;
tw`n logavdwn to; poluv
Thuc
.; but also,
oJ strato;" oJ pollov"
Hdt.
c.
ta; pollav
the most,
Od.,
etc.
4.
the
pl.
pollav
is used with Verbs in the sense of
very much, too much,
polla; pravssein
=