polýs

polýs Sprachstufe:agr. πολῠ́ς "viel, viele, mehr, Fülle, ...“

Von uig. *polh₁ús „viel, viele, mehr“, o-Grad-Ableitung der Wurzel *pleh₁- „füllen“. Zu den verwandten Wörtern gehören lat. plūs „mehr“, skr. पुरु puru, „viel, viele, reichlich“, air. oll „groß, riesig“, aengl. feolo „viel, viele“ und das aarm. յոլով (yolov) und dt. voll

Aussprache IPA^(key): /po.lýs/ → /poˈlys/ → /poˈlis/

Adjective

πολῠ́ς • (polús) m (feminine πολλή, neuter πολῠ́); first/second declension

1. (of number, in the plural) many, a lot of
   1. (with nouns of multitude) large, great
   2. (of amount, with mass nouns) a lot of, much
   3. (rare, of a person) great, mighty
   4. (of sound) loud
   5. (attributively, adverbial) strongly, fully
   6. (of space) wide, large
   7. (of distance) far
   8. (of time) long; late

      πολὺν χρόνον

1. 1. polùn khrónon

      for a long time

1. neuter πολύ (polú) or πολλά (pollá) as substantive
   1. much, a lot
      1. πολλοῦ ἄξιος (polloû áxios), πολλῶν ἄξιος (pollôn áxios): worth a lot, valuable
      2. περὶ πολλοῦ ποιέομαι (perì polloû poiéomai): to think something worth a great deal, value it greatly, be glad [ quotations ▼]

         πολλὰ πιών καὶ πολλὰ φαγών καὶ πολλὰ κάκ᾿ εἰπὼν ἀνθρώπους κεῖμαι ΤιμοκρέωνῬόδιος

1. 1. 1. After much drinking, much eating and much slandering of men I lie here, Timocreon of Rhodes.

1. 1. (of distance) A great distance, far

Usage notes

Unlike in English, when πολύς (polús) is combined with another adjective, it is usually joined to the adjective with καί(kaí): πολλὰ καὶ κακά (pollà kaì kaká, “many bad things”, literally “many and bad things”).

The declension of πολύς (polús) is formed from two stems, πολ- (pol-) and πολλ- (poll-) < πολϝ- (polw-).