πολλός

-ή, -όν, πολύς, -ύ, πουλύς (the last fem. Il. 5.776, Il. 8.50, Il. 10.27 : Od. 4.709). From πολύς genit. πολέος Il. 4.244, Il. 5.597, Il. 23.475, 521, 562 : Od. 2.126, Od. 8.405, Od. 20.25.

Nom. pl. πολέες Il. 2.417, Il. 4.143, Il. 6.452, etc. : Od. 3.134, Od. 6.284, Od. 22.204. πολεῖς Il. 11.708.

Genit. πολέων Il. 5.691, Il. 15.680, Il. 16.398, etc.: Od. 4.267, Od. 9.352, Od. 11.379, etc.

Dat. πολέεσσι Il. 5.546, Il. 9.73, Il. 12.399, etc. : Od. 5.54, Od. 8.137, Od. 18.123, Od. 20.200. πολέσι Il. 4.388, Il. 10.262, Il. 11.688, etc. : Od. 2.166, Od. 11.495, Od. 20.30. πολέσσι Il. 13.452, Il. 17.236, 308.

Acc. πολέας Il. 1.559, Il. 2.4, Il. 5.804, etc. : Od. 3.262, Od. 4.170, Od. 24.427.

• • 1

    In pl., of great number, many : πολλὰς ψυχάς (many a . . .) Il. 1.3, πολέες περ ἐόντες Il. 5.94. Cf. Il. 2.91, Il. 3.99, Il. 4.143, Il. 5.383 (many a one of us), Il. 6.296, etc. : πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων Od. 1.3, τὰ πολλὰ κατάνεται (these things, many as they are, are wasted, our great substance dwindles away) Od. 2.58 = Od. 17.537. Cf. Od. 1.4, Od. 2.166, Od. 3.262, Od. 4.3, Od. 8.217, Od. 9.352 (of the multitudes of men), etc.

  • 2

    In sing. with nouns of multitude, consisting of many individuals, numerous, great, vast : πολὺν ὅμιλον Il. 5.334. Cf. Il. 8.472, Il. 13.472, etc. : Od. 8.109, Od. 17.67, etc.

  • 3
  • • a

      Absol. in masc. and fem. pl. πολλοί (πολλαί), πολέες, many men or women, many a man or woman, many : ὡς ὀλέσῃς πολέας Il. 1.559, ἐκπρεπἔ ἐν πολλοῖσιν (in the multitude) Il. 2.483, πολλῇσι κήδεʼ ἐφῆπτο Il. 6.241. Cf. Il. 1.242, Il. 2.161, Il. 4.230, Il. 5.176, Il. 9.73, etc. : Od. 4.257, Od. 8.17, Od. 13.239, Od. 20.30, Od. 21.367, etc.

    • b

      οἱ πολλοί, the greater part of an indicated number, most of them(cf. 4.b) : τῶν πολλῶν Ἄρης ὑπὸ γούνατʼ ἔλυσεν Il. 24.498.

  • 4
  • • a

      Absol. in neut. pl. πολλά, many things, much: ὅτι οἱ π. διδοῦσιν Il. 2.255. Cf. Il. 1.156, Il. 9.320, Il. 10.4, Il. 11.684, Il. 14.67, etc. : Od. 1.427, Od. 2.102, Od. 4.81, Od. 6.174, Od. 11.83, etc.

    • b

      τὰ πολλά in sense sim. to that of 3.b : τὰ π. ἐτώσια θῆκεν Od. 22.273.

  • 5

    In sing., of great amount, quantity, abundance or volume, much : πολὺν λαόν Il. 2.115, πολὺς ὀρυμαγδός 810, πολλὸν φῦκος Il. 9.7. Cf. Il. 3.381, Il. 6.525, Il. 9.469, Il. 10.6, Il. 13.804, etc. : Od. 2.126, Od. 4.258, Od. 5.323, Od. 6.86, Od. 14.136, etc.

    Absol.: πολέος ἄξιος (ἄξιον) Il. 23.562 : Od. 8.405.

    So in pl. with sb. in collective sense : κρέα πολλά Il. 8.231. Cf. Il. 8.507, Il. 9.97 (much folk), 116 (many men), Il. 18.560, Il. 24.556, etc. : ἔεδνα πολλά (a great dowry) Od. 1.278, ὄψα πολλά Od. 5.267. Cf. Od. 1.112, Od. 9.266, Od. 11.379, Od. 19.64, etc.

  • 6

    In sing.

  • • a

      In reference to extension in space, wide, broad, far-stretching : πολέος πεδίοιο Il. 4.244, πολλός τις ἔκειτο (like some monster extended long and large) Il. 7.156. Cf. Il. 10.27, Il. 20.249, etc.: Od. 2.364, etc.

      Absol. : ἐπὶ πολλὸν ἑλίσσεται (wheels wide) Il. 23.320.

    • b

      Of great size, large : τύμβον οὐ πολλόν Il. 23.245. Cf. Od. 12.45.

    • c

      Of great length, long : πολλὴν ὁδόν Od. 21.20.

      So of time, long : πολὐν χρόνον Il. 2.343, Il. 3.157, Il. 12.9 : Od. 2.115, Od. 4.543, 594, etc. Cf. Od. 12.407, etc.

  • 7

    In neut. sing. πολλόν, πολύ, as adv.

  • • a

      Greatly, much, in a high degree, to a great extent, far : πολὺ πρίν Il. 9.250. Cf. Il. 19.113, etc. : Od. 2.167.

    • b

      In reference to position or motion, far : πολὺ πρὸ ἑτάρων Il. 4.373, πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθείς Il. 13.592. Cf. Il. 6.125, Il. 14.30, Il. 17.342, Il. 22.459, etc. : πολλὸν διήφυσε σαρκός (partitive genit., making an extensive wound) Od. 19.450. Cf. Od. 4.811, Od. 5.350, Od. 6.40, Od. 11.515, Od. 14.339, etc.

    • c

      With a vb. of preference, much, far : πολὺ βούλομαι Il. 1.112. Cf. Il. 17.331 : Od. 17.404.

    • d

      With vbs. of excelling, rivalling or falling short, much, far, by much, by far : πολλὸν κείνων ἐπιδεύεαι ἀνδρῶν Il. 5.636, πολλὸν ἐνίκα Il. 18.252. Cf. Il. 9.506, Il. 13.815, Il. 17.142, Il. 19.219, etc. : Od. 1.253, Od. 3.121, Od. 21.185, etc.

    • e

      With comparatives and superlatives, much, far, by much, by far : πολλὸν ἄριστος Il. 1.91, πολὺ μεῖζον 167. Cf. Il. 1.169, Il. 3.41, Il. 4.51, Il. 6.479, Il. 11.162, etc. : Od. 1.113, Od. 3.250, Od. 7.321, Od. 8.129, Od. 11.239, etc.

    • f

      Often, oft, time and again : πολλόν μοι ἐπέσσυτο θυμός Il. 9.398.

  • 8

    In neut. pl. πολλά as adv.

  • • a

      Greatly, much, in a high degree, intensely, to a great extent : π. μόγησα Il. 1.162, π. ἀεκαζομένη Il. 6.458, π. μετακλαύσεσθαι (bitterly) Il. 11.764. Cf. Il. 8.22, Il. 9.348, Il. 11.557, Il. 16.826, Il. 17.66 (loudly), Il. 23.116 (with much play of the heels), Il. 24.328, etc. : π. μοι κραδίη πόρφυρεν Od. 4.427. Cf. Od. 1.1, Od. 13.221, 277, Od. 14.65, 67, Od. 17.393 (in many words), etc.

      In great numbers : ἄθλων οἷά τε π. πέλονται Od. 8.160.

    • b

      With vbs. of entreating, enjoining or persuading, repeatedly, with anxious iteration, with insistence or assiduity, earnestly, pressingly, strongly : π. ἠρᾶτο Il. 1.35, π. ἐπέτελλεν Il. 4.229, π. ἀπεμυθέομην Il. 9.109. Cf. Il. 5.358, 528, Il. 9.183, Il. 11.782, Il. 17.431, etc. : Od. 3.54, 264, 267, Od. 4.433, Od. 10.521, etc.

      Sim. : π. κεν ἀθανάτοισιν ἀνὰ χεῖρας ἀείραι Il. 7.130.

    • c

      Often, oft, time and again : π. πρὸς ἠέλιον κεφαλὴν τρέπεν Od. 13.29. Cf. Il. 2.798, Il. 9.568, Il. 17.430, Il. 24.391, 755 : Od. 5.389, Od. 9.128, Od. 11.536.

    • d

      Far and wide : π. ἴθυσε μάχη Il. 6.2.