polús

From Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”), o-grade derivative of the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognates include Latin plūs (“more”), Sanskrit पुरु (puru, “much, many, abundant”), Old Irish oll (“great, vast”), Old English feolo (“much, many”) and Old Armenian յոլով (yolov).

Pronunciation

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• 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 [ quotations ▼]

      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 Τιμοκρέων Ῥόδιος

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-).