397d

θεός, ὁ, [dialect] Boeot. [full] θιός, [dialect] Lacon. [full] σιός (v. infr.), Cypr., Cret. [full] θιός Inscr.Cypr.135.27 H., Leg.Gort.1.1, [dialect] Dor. also [full] θεύς Call.Cer.58; acc. θεῦν v.l. ib. 130; voc. (only late) θεός, also

A

θεέ LXXDe.3.24

, Ev.Matt. 27.46, PMag.Lond.121.529, etc.; but classical in compd. names, Ἀμφίθεε, Τιμόθεε:—God, the Deity, in general sense, both sg. and pl. (

εἰ καὶ ἐπὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπὶ θεὸν ἁρμόζει μεταφέρειν Plot.6.8.1

), θ. δὲ τὸ μὲν δώσει τὸ δ' ἐάσει God will grant.., Od.14.444;

οὐδέ κεν ἄλλως οὐδὲ θ. τεύξειε 8.177

, cf. 3.231, Il.13.730 (also

θεὸς Ζεύς Od.4.236

, 14.327);

θ. καὶ ἀγαθὴ τύχη Pl.Lg. 757e

, cf. Timocl.3 D.;

σὺν θεῷ Il.9.49

, S.Aj. 765, etc. (less freq. ξὺν τῷ θ. ib. 383); σὺν θ. εἰρημένον Hdt.1.86, cf. 3.153;

σὺν θ. εἰπεῖν Pl.Prt. 317b

: so in pl.,

σύν γε θεοῖσιν Il.24.430

;

οὔ τοι ἄνευ θεοῦ Od.2.372

; οὐ θεῶν ἄτερ pi.P.5.76;

ἐκ θεόφι Il.17.101

; ὑπὲρ θεόν against his will, 17.327;

ἂν θ. θέλῃ Alex. 231

;

θ. θέλοντος Men.Mon. 671

: in pl.,

ἂν θεοὶ θέλωσιν Alex.247

; θεῶν συνεθελόντων, βουλομένων, X.Eq.Mag.9.8, Luc.Macr.29;

εἰ ὀρθῶς ἢ μή, θ. οἶδε Pl.Phdr. 266b

, cf.R. 517b, etc.; in oaths,

θ. ἴστω S.OC 522

(lyr.), etc.;

πρὸς θεῶν Hdt.5.49

, D.1.15, etc.:

τοὺς θεούς σοι

bless you! good heavens! for heaven's sake!

M.Ant.7.17

, Arr.Epict.2.19.15, al.; τὸν θ. σοι ib.3.7.19, al.: qualified by τις, Od.9.142, etc.;

οὐκ ἄνευ θεῶν τινος A.Pers. 164

(troch.), E.Ba. 764;

κατὰ θεόν τινα Id.IA 411

, Pl. Euthd. 272e;

κατὰ θεόν πως εἰρημένα Id.Lg. 682a

: doubled in poets,

θεὸν θεόν τις ἀγλαϊζέτω B.3.21

, cf. Diagor.1;

θεοὶ θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι E.HF 772

, cf. Paus.Gr.Fr.203; θεοί (Cret. θιοί) as an opening formula in Inscrr. (sc. τύχην ἀγαθὴν διδοῖεν), Leg.Gort.1.1, IG 12.52, etc.: sg., θ. τύχη ib.5(2).1, etc.: in Prose also with the Art.,

ὁ θ. πάντων ἂν εἴη αἴτιος Pl.R. 379c

, cf. Lg. 716c, etc.; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θ., τὰ παρὰ τῶν θ., X.Mem.1.3.1, 2.6.8.

b θεοί, opp.

ἄνδρες, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε Il.1.544

;

ὃν Ξάνθον καλέουσι θ., ἄνδρες δὲ Σκάμανδρον 20.74

: in Comparisons,

θεοῖσιν ἶσ' ἔθελε φρονέειν 5.440

;

θεοῖς ἐναλίγκια μήδεα Od.13.89

; also in sg.,

θεῷ ἐναλίγκιος αὐδήν Il.19.250

;

θεὸς ὥς 5.78

;

ὥς τε θεός 3.381

: prov., θεὸς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους, of an 'angel's visit', Herod.1.9.

c of special divinities, νέρτεροι θ. A.Pers. 622, S.Ant. 602 (lyr.); ἐνέρτεροι θ. Il.15.225; οἱ κάτωθεν θ. S.Ant. 1070;

θ. οὐράνιοι h.Cer.55

, A.Ag.90 (anap.); οἱ δώδεκα θ. Ar.Eq. 235, X.Eq.Mag.3.2, IG22.30, etc.; μὰ τοὺς δώδεκα θ. Men.Sam.91; in dual, τὼ σιώ ([dialect] Lacon.), of Castor and Pollux, ναὶ τὼ ς. X.An.6.6.34, HG4.4.10, Ar.Lys.81: so in [dialect] Boeot., of Amphion and Zethus, νεὶ τὼ σιώ (leg. θιώ) Id.Ach. 905.

d ὁ θ., of natural phenomena, ὁ θ. ὕει (sc. Ζεύς) Hdt.2.13;

ὁ θ. ἐνέσκηψε βέλος Id.4.79

; ἔσεισεν ὁ θ. (sc. Ποσειδῶν) X.HG4.7.4; of the sun, Hdt.2.24, A.Pers. 502, E.Alc. 722; δύνοντος τοῦ θ. App.BC4.79; the weather, τί δοκεῖ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ; Thphr.Char.25.2.

e Astrol., θεοί,= ἀστέρες, Jul. Laod.in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).252.

f θεός (sc. Ἥλιος), name of the 9th τόπος, Rhetor.ib.163, etc.

2 metaph., of abstract things,

τὸ δ' εὐτυχεῖν τόδ' ἐν βροτοῖς θεός τε καὶ θεοῦ πλέον A.Ch.60

;

ἡ φρόνησις ἁγαθὴ θ. μέγας S.Fr. 922

;

θ. γὰρ καὶ τὸ γιγνώσκειν φίλους E.Hel.

<*>60; ὁ πλοῦτος τοῖς σοφοῖς θ. Id.Cyc. 316; φθόνος κάκιστος θ. Hippothoon 2.

3 as title of rulers, θεῶν ἀδελφῶν (sc. Ptolemy Il and Arsinoe), Herod.1.30, etc.;

Πτολεμαῖος ὑπάρχων θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεᾶς OGI90.10

(Rosetta, ii B.C.);

Ἀντίοχος ὅτῳ θεὸς ἐπώνυμον γίγνεται App.Syr.65

; θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ, of Augustus, OGI655.2 (Egypt, 24 B.C.);

θ. ἡμῶν καὶ δεσπότης IPE4.71

(Cherson., ii A.D.).

b = Lat. Divus, Mon.Anc.Gr.10.4, Str.4.1.1, etc.; οἱ ἐν θεοῖς αὐτοκράτορες,= divi Imperatores, IG12(1).786 ([place name] Rhodes).

c generally of the dead,

καὶ ζῶντός σου καὶ εἰς θεοὺς ἀπελθόντος PPetr.2p.45

(iii B.C.); θεοῖς χθονίοις,= Lat. Dis Manibus, IG14.30,al.

4 one set in authority, judge, τὸ κριτήριον τοῦ θ., ἐνώπιον τοῦ θ., LXXEx.21.6, 22.8; θεοὺς οὐ κακολογήσεις ib.22.28(27).

II θεός fem., goddess,

μήτε θήλεια θεός, μήτε τις ἄρσην Il.8.7

, cf. Hdt.2.35, al.;

τοῖς θεοῖς εὔχομαι πᾶσι καὶ πάσαις D.18.1

, cf. 141, Orac.ib.21.52; esp. at Athens, of Athena, Decr. ap. And.1.77, Pl.Ti. 21a, etc.; ἁ Διὸς θεός, Ζηνὸς ἡ θ., S.Aj. 401 (lyr.), 952 ( ἡ Διὸς θεά ib. 450); of other goddesses,

ποντία θεός Pi.I. 8(7).36

; ἡ νερτέρα θ.,= Περσεφόνη, S.OC 1548, etc.; of Thetis, Pl. Ap. 28c; of Niobe, S.El. 150 (lyr.), Ant. 834 (anap.): in dual, of Demeter and Persephone,

τὰ τοῖν θεοῖν ψηφίσματα Ar.V. 378

(lyr.);

οὐδ' ἔδεισε τὼ θεώ And.1.125

; freq. in oaths,

νὴ τὼ θεώ Ar.Lys. 112

;

μὰ τὼ θεώ Id.Ec. 155

, 532.

III as Adj. in [comp] Comp. θεώτερος, divine, θύραι θ., opp. καταιβαταὶ ἀνθρώποισιν, Od.13.111; χορὸς θ. Call.Ap. 93, cf.Dian. 249, D.P.257. (Derived by Hdt.2.52 fr. τίθημι ([etym.] κόσμῳ θέντες τὰ πρήγματα), by Pl.Cra. 397d fr. θεῖν. Etym. dub.) [In [dialect] Ep. (twice in Hom.) and Trag. (E.Ba.47, 1347, al., not in Com.), as monosyll. by synizesis,

θεοί Il.1.18

, Thgn.142;

θεῶν h.Cer.55

, 259;

θεοῖς Thgn.171

;

θεοῖσιν Od.14.251

;

θεούς h.Cer. 325

: even in nom. θεός before a vowel, E.Or. 399 (cf. Pors. ad loc.), HF 347; in Pi.P. 1.56 apptly. a short monosyll.]

λᾰγᾰρός, ά, όν,

A hollow, sunken, of an animal's flanks, X.Cyn.4.1; of the right ventricle, - ωτέρη Hp.Cord.4;

λαγαρᾷ.. τῇ γαστρί Philostr. Im.2.21

; τὰς λ. (sc. γαστέρας) Ar.Ec. 1167; λ. κύκλοι sunken, flattish, of the tortoise, Philostr.Im.1.10; λ. ποπάνευμα (cf.

λαγαρίζομαι 1

) AP 6.231 (Phil.): [comp] Comp., Hp. l.c.: [comp] Sup., κατὰ τὸ -ώτατον in the least defensible part, Plu.Cam.25.

2 slack, loose,

αὐχὴν λ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν συγκαμπήν X.Eq.1.8

; of camels, D.S.2.54. Adv. -

ρῶς, ἱππασθείς Philostr.Im.2.2

.

b metaph.,

τὴν πόλιν ἀντὶ λαγαρᾶς καὶ ὑποσόμφου μεστὴν ἐποίησεν ἀγλαΐας Them.Or.18.222d

. Adv. [comp] Comp. - ώτερον, opp. σφοδρότερον, πλῆξαι τὴν χορδήν Theo Sm.p.72 H.

3 thin, narrow, δρυμῶνες (cj.) X.Cyn.6.5; of columns, lanky, D.H.16.3, Plu.Publ.15; of men, emaciated, Thphr.HP9.10.3.

4 in Metric, στίχος λ., opp. προκοίλιος, a ' thin-waisted' verse, with a short syllable for a long one in the interior, like Il.23.493, cf. Ar.Ec. 1167, Plu.2.397d, Ath.14.632e, Sch.Heph.p.289 C.

5 in Arist.HA 622b23 ([comp] Comp., s.v.l.), where it is an epith. of spiders, some expl. it to mean lank, meagre, some agile, nimble.

6 of plasters, porous, absorbent, Orib.Fr.74. (Cf. λαγαίω, Lat. laxus, ONorse slak-r, Engl. slack: perh. akin to λήγω.)

προσκαθ-ίζω,

A sit down by or near, c. acc. cogn.,

θᾶκον οὐκ εὐδαίμονα E.Hel. 895

: abs., settle, of gadflies or bees, Pl.Ap. 31a, Arist. HA 625a14:—[voice] Med., Pl.Erx. 397d, Thphr.Vent.61.

2 settle to the bottom of the vessel, of a mixture, Aët.15.14, cf. Dsc.5.40: metaph.,

τὸ φυσημάτιον προσεκάθισεν Arr.Epict.2.16.10

.

3 [voice] Med., sit idle, Aeschin.3.167.

II sit down before a town,

προσκαθίσαντα πολιορκεῖν Plb.1.12.4

: abs., J.AJ12.8.5.

στωμ-ύλος [ῠ], ον, also η, ον Luc.Musc.Enc.10, Im.15: ([etym.] στόμα):—

A wordy, talkative, Ar.Ach. 429, Pl.Erx. 397d, Theoc.5.79, etc.; τὰ σ. ταῦτα this nonsense, AP9.39 (Music.): in good sense, fluent, suave, σ. εὐτυχίη, of Menander, ib. 187; = lepidus, Gloss.: c.inf., ὁμιλῆσαι ς. Luc.Im.15; λαλῆσαι ς. Alciphr.3.65: so ἔχουσι τι ς. have a gossipy flavour, Demetr.Eloc. 151. Adv. [suff] στώμ-λως Poll.5.161: [comp] Comp.

- ωτέρως Lyd.Mag.3.73

.

χλευ-άζω, ([etym.] χλεύη)

A jest, scoff,

ἐπισκώπτων καὶ παίζων καὶ χ. Ar.Ra. 376

(lyr.);

τοῖς καταγελῶσι καὶ χ. καὶ σκώπτουσι Arist.Rh. 1379a29

, cf. Plb.4.3.13, Cerc.18 ii 5, Phld.Lib.p.29 O., etc.

2 c. acc., scoff, jeer at, treat scornfully, τινα Pl.Erx. 397d, D.7.7, 19.23, 47.34, D.C.Fr.109.16;

ἐμαυτὴν.. λέληθα χλευάζουσ' Men.Epit. 215

; c. acc. rei, Plu.Rom.10, etc.:—[voice] Med., Id.Brut.45:—[voice] Pass., Epicr.11.31 (anap.), Arist.Pr. 952b22, Plu.Sert.13, 25, 2.504f.

χρησμός, ὁ, ( χράω (B) A)

A oracular response, oracle, Pi.P.4.60, SIG1044.49 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.), etc.;

χ. ἀσήμους δυσκρίτως τ' εἰρημένους A.Pr. 662

;

ἔχρησ' Ἀδράστῳ Αοξίας χρησμόν E.Ph. 409

; σφι χρησμὸν ἔφαινε delivered an oracle to them, Hdt.1.159;

ᾄδειν Th.2.21

(cf. χρησμῳδός) ; εὔτεκνοι χ. promising happy progeny, E. Ion 424;

χ. ἔμμετρος Plu.2.396c

; καταλογάδην τοὺς χ. λέγειν ib. 397d; χρησμὸς.. περαίνεται is fulfilled, E.Ph. 1703;

χρησμοῦ ὄντος.. τὴν πόλιν διαφθαρῆναι Pl.R. 415c

; ὥσπερ χρησμοὺς γράψαντες, i. e. with all solemnity, Lycurg.92, cf. Isoc.4.171.

ἐμός, ή, όν, possess. Pron. of [ per.] 1st pers.: ([etym.] ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ):—

A mine; [var] contr. with the Art., οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμά, Trag. (not Com., τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται is paratrag. in Ar.Ec. 393), rarely in Prose,

οὑμός Pl.Ep. 354c

;

τἀμά Id.Plt. 258b

; οὑμός even in Il.8.360; and (acc. to some Gramm.)

τὠμῷ 11.608

, Od.4.71;

τἠμῇ Il.9.654

:—poet. [full] ἀμός (q.v.):

I with a Subst.:

1 subjectively, mine, of me,

ἐμὰ δάκρυα Il.1.42

; χεῖρες ἐμαί ib. 166;

ἐμός τε πατὴρ καὶ σός Hes.Op. 633

: with the Art.,

τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον Il.4.42

, etc.: in Poets sts. joined with gen., to strengthen the possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ mine own, 6.446, Od.2.45;

δαὴρ.. ἐμὸς ἔσκε κυνώπιδος Il.3.180

;

θρῆνον ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς A.Ag. 1323

;

τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακά S.OC 344

, cf.El. 252;

τὸν ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ.. βίον Ar.Pl.33

.

b mine, i.e. favourable to me,

τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτων Antipho 2.4.10

.

2 objectively, relating to me, against me,

ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη Il.19.336

;

τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον Od.2.97

; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, A.Pers. 699 (troch.); τἀμὰ νουθετήματα warnings to me, S.El. 343; τὠμῷ πόθῳ by love for me, Id.OT 969; αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί slanders against me, Th.6.90; δωρεὰ ἐμή a gift to me, X.Cyr.8.3.32; sts. with another gen. added, τὰς ἐμὰς Λαΐου διαφθοράς murder of L. by me, S.OT 572; τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός his blood shed by me, ib. 1400; τὰ ἐμὰ δῶρα Κύπριδος (Dind. for Κύπρις ) her gifts to me, E.Hel. 364 (anap.).

II without a Subst., mine, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον my word, Il.1.526; τὸ μὲν ἐμόν [ἐστι] 'tis my counsel, Pi.I.8(7).42: in Trag. and Prose, it is my duty, my business, E. Ion 1020, Pl.Lg. 664b.

2 ἐμοί my friends, Il.20.205;

οἱ ἐμοί X.Cyr.3.2.28

, etc.; ὁ ἐμὸς Ἡράκλειτος my dear Heraclitus, Arr.Epict.2.2.17.

3 τὰ ἐμά my property, Pl.Prt. 310e, etc.; of children, S.El. 538, OC 922;

τὸ τύπτειν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ ἀδίκως Pl.Grg. 508e

; of servants. PEdgar 4.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; but also τὰ ἐμά or τὸ ἐμόν, my part, my affairs, my interest, οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει things stand thus with me, Hdt.4.127;

τὰ τούτου μᾶλλον ἢ τοὐμόν S.Aj. 124

;

ἔρρει τἀμὰ παντελῶς X.Cyr.6.1.3

;

τὸ ἐμὸν εὖ πράττει Pl.R. 463e

, etc.; in full,

τοὐμὸν μέρος S.Tr. 1215

: hence in Trag. and [dialect] Att., my conduct (almost periphr. for ἐγώ), Id.El. 1302, Tr. 1068, Ar.Th. 105;

τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐμὸν οὐκ ἐμποδὼν ὑμῖν ἔσται Lys.8.19

, cf. Pl.Grg. 452c, etc.: abs., τό γε ἐμόν for my part, as far as concerns me, Hdt.1.108, Pl.Prt. 338c, Sph. 237b.

4 ἡ ἐ. (sc. γῆ) my country, Th.6.78; also (sc. γνώμη) my opinion,

ἐὰν ἡ ἐ. νικᾷ Pl. R. 397d

; κατά γε τὴν ἐ. Ar.Ec. 153, Pl.Plt. 277a.

ἐπονομ-άζω,

A apply a word (accus.) as a name to a thing (dat.), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, Pl.Ti. 60d ;

ᾧ τὸ ἔστιν ἐπονομάζεις Id.Tht. 185c

;

πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα Id.Plt. 263c

(reversely, τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι; who dedicates his life to A., calls himself an Alexandrist? Them.Or.31.354b):—[voice] Pass., τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, Pl.Phdr. 238a, cf. Cra. 404b.

2 call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] ib. 397d ; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses), ib. 406a ;

ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ Id.Phd. 103b

; with εἶναι pleon., Id.Prm. 133d:—[voice] Pass., to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, Th.6.2, etc. ; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., E.HF 1329, Pl.Lg. 738b (but in 626d the gen. depends on ἄξιος) ;

πατρόθεν ἐ. Id.Ly. 204e

; πατρὸς.. δαῖτ' ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (cf. ἐπώνυμος), S.El. 284 ; esp. to be surnamed, Th.2.29 ;

Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ Ep.Rom.2.17

.

3 generally, name, call so and so,

ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον Th.1.13

;

σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν Pl.Prt. 349a

, cf. Phd. 113b, al. ;

παρακαταθήκην ἐ. D. 28.15

.

4 pronounce a name,

ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ Hdt.4.35

, cf. 7.117 ; ἐπονομάζων τινά uttering his name as he throws the cottabus, Cratin.273, cf. Clearch.Com.1.

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ, gen. πολλοῦ, ῆς, οῦ (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., apolog.) ‘much’.—Comparative πλείων, πλεῖον (18 times in the NT, 4 times in the Apost. Fathers [including Hv 3, 6, 4; Hs 8, 1, 16] and Ath. 12, 3) or πλέον (Lk 3:13 and Ac 15:28 μηδὲν πλέον; otherwise, πλέον in the NT only J 21:15; 14 times in the Apost. Fathers [incl. μηδὲν πλέον Hs 1, 1, 6]; Ar. twice; Just. 6 times; Tat. once; Ath. 7 times), ονος; pl. πλείονες, and acc. πλείονας contracted πλείους, neut. πλείονα and πλείω (the latter Mt 26:53 [πλεῖον, πλείου vv.ll.]; B-D-F §30, 2; Mlt-H. 82; Thackeray p. 81f; Mayser p. 68f) ‘more’ (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr B 7 p. 111, 27=Stone p. 70 [πλείον]; TestJob 35:2; TestGad 7:2 [πλεῖον]; AscIs 3:8; [πλέον]; EpArist; apolog. exc. Mel.).—Superlative πλεῖστος, η, ον ‘most’ (Hom.+).

① pert. to being a large number, many, a great number of

ⓐ positive πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

α. adj., preceding or following a noun (or ptc. or adj. used as a noun) in the pl. many, numerous δυνάμεις πολλαί many mighty deeds Mt 7:22b. δαιμονιζόμενοι πολλοί 8:16. Cp. vs. 30; 9:10; 13:17; 24:11; 27:52, 55; Mk 2:15a; 6:13; 12:41; Lk 4:25, 27; 7:21b; 10:24; J 10:32; 14:2; Ac 1:3; 2:43; 8:7b; 14:22; Ro 4:17f (Gen 17:5); 8:29; 12:4; 1 Cor 8:5ab; 11:30; 12:12a, 20; 1 Ti 6:12; 2 Ti 2:2; Hb 2:10; 1J 4:1; 2J 7; Rv 5:11; 9:9; 10:11; 1 Cl 55:3ab. ἔτη πολλά many years: Lk 12:19b (εἰς ἔτη π.); Ac 24:10 (ἐκ π. ἐτῶν); Ro 15:23 (ἀπὸ π. [v.l. ἱκανῶν] ἐτῶν).—αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αἱ πολλαί Lk 7:47a. αἱ εὐεργεσίαι αἱ π. 1 Cl 21:1.—πολλὰ καὶ βαρέα αἰτιώματα many serious charges Ac 25:7 (cp. Ps.-Pla., Sisyph. 1, 387a πολλά τε καὶ καλὰ πράγματα; B-D-F §442, 11; Rob. 655). πολλὰ καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα J 20:30 (on the form X., Hell. 5, 4, 1 πολλὰ μὲν οὖν … καὶ ἄλλα λέγειν καὶ Ἑλληνικὰ καὶ βαρβαρικά; Dionys. Hal. 2, 67, 5; Ps.-Demetr. 142 πολλὰς κ. ἄλλας χάριτας; Jos., Ant. 3, 318; Tat. 38, 1. On the subject-matter Bultmann 540, 3; also Porphyr., Vi. Pyth. 28 after a miracle-story: μυρία δʼ ἕτερα θαυμαστότερα κ. θειότερα περὶ τἀνδρὸς … εἴρηται κτλ.).—ἄλλοι πολλοί many others IRo 10:1. ἄλλαι πολλαί Mk 15:41. ἄλλα πολλά (Jos., Bell. 6, 169, Ant. 9, 242; Just., D. 8, 1) J 21:25. ἕτεροι πολλοί Ac 15:35. ἕτερα πολλά (Jos., Vi. 39) Lk 22:65.—Predicative: πολλοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐισερχόμενοι Mt 7:13.—Mk 5:9; 6:31; Gal 4:27 (Is 54:1). AcPl Ha 5, 16.—οὐ πολλοί not many=( only) a few οὐ πολλαὶ ἡμέραι (Jos., Ant. 5, 328, Vi. 309) Lk 15:13; J 2:12; Ac 1:5; AcPl Ha 11, 1. οὐ πολλοὶ σοφοί not many wise (people) 1 Cor 1:26a; cp. bc. οὐ πολλοί πατέρες not many fathers 4:15.

β. subst.

א. πολλοί many i.e. persons—without the art. Mt 7:22; 8:11; 12:15; 20:28; 24:5ab; 26:28; Mk 2:2; 3:10 (Mt 12:15 has ascensive πάντας; other passages to be compared in this connection are Mk 10:45=Mt 20:28 πολλῶν and 1 Ti 2:6 πάντων. Cp. the double tradition of the saying of Bias in Clem. of Alex., Strom. 1, 61, 3 πάντες ἄνθρωποι κακοὶ ἢ οἱ πλεῖστοι τ. ἀνθρώπων κακοί.—On Mk 10:45 s. OCullmann, TZ 4, ’48, 471–73); 6:2; 11:8; Lk 1:1 (cp. Herm. Wr. 11, 1, 1b and see JBauer, NovT 4, ’60, 263–66), 14; J 2:23; 8:30; Ac 9:42; Ro 16:2; 2 Cor 11:18; Gal 3:16 (πολλοί= a plurality); Tit 1:10; Hb 12:15; 2 Pt 2:2. AcPl Ha 5, 8; 7, 5; 11, 3. Opp. ὀλίγοι Mt 22:14; 20:16 v.l. (cp. Pla., Phd. 69c ναρθηκοφόροι μὲν πολλοί, βάκχοι δέ τε παῦροι=the thyrsus-bearers [officials] are many, but the truly inspired are few)—W. a partitive gen. πολλοὶ τῶν Φαρισαίων Mt 3:7. π. πῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ Lk 1:16.—J 4:39; 12:11; Ac 4:4; 8:7a; 13:43; 18:8; 19:18; 2 Cor 12:21; Rv 8:11.—W. ἐκ and gen. (AscIs 3:1; Jos., Ant. 11, 151) πολλοὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν J 6:60, 66.—10:20; 11:19, 45; 12:42; Ac 17:12. ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου πολλοί J 7:31 (Appian, Iber. 78 §337 πολλοὶ ἐκ τοῦ πλήθους).

ב. πολλά—many things, much without the art.: γράφειν write at length B 4:9. διδάσκειν Mk 4:2; 6:34b. λαλεῖν Mt 13:3. μηχανᾶσθαι MPol 3. πάσχειν (Pind., O. 13, 63 al.; Jos., Ant. 13, 268; 403) Mt 16:21; Mk 5:26a; 9:12; Lk 9:22; 17:25; B 7:11; AcPl Ha 8, 19. ποιεῖν Mk 6:20 v.l. United w. another neut. by καί (Lucian, Icar. 20 πολλὰ κ. δεινά; Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 345 D.: πολλὰ κ. καλά; Ps.-Demetr., El. 70 πολλὰ κ. ἄλλα; likew. Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 13 §53; Arrian, Anab. 6, 11, 2) πολλὰ κ. ἕτερα many other things Lk 3:18. πολλὰ ἂν κ. ἄλλα εἰπεῖν ἔχοιμι Dg 2:10 (Eur., Ep. 3, 2, πολλὰ κ. ἕτερα εἰπεῖν ἔχω; Diod S 17, 38, 3 πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα … διαλεχθείς). ἐν πολλοῖς in many ways (Diod S 26, 1, 2; OGI 737, 7 [II B.C.]; Just., D. 124, 4 [of line of proof]) 2 Cor 8:22a. ἐπὶ πολλῶν (opp. ἐπὶ ὀλίγα) over many things Mt 25:21, 23.—W. art. (Pla., Apol. 1, 17a) τὰ πολλὰ πράσσειν transact a great deal of business Hs 4:5b.

γ. elliptical δαρήσεται πολλά (sc. πληγάς) will receive many (lashes) Lk 12:47 (B-D-F §154; 241, 6).

ⓑ comparative πλείων, πλεῖον

α. adj. w. a plural (Diod S 14, 6, 1 μισθοφόρους πλείους=many mercenaries) πλείονας πόνους (opp. οὐχ ἕνα οὐδὲ δύο) 1 Cl 5:4. ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους for a (large) number of days, for many days (Jos., Ant. 4, 277; cp. Theophr. in Apollon. Paradox. 29 πλείονας ἡμ.) Ac 13:31.—21:10 (Jos., Ant. 16, 15); 24:17; 25:14; 27:20. οἱ μὲν πλείονές εἰσιν γεγονότες ἱερεῖς the priests of former times existed in greater numbers Hb 7:23. ἑτέροις λόγοις πλείοσιν in many more words (than have been reported) Ac 2:40. ταῦτα καὶ ἕτερα πλείονα MPol 12:1.—W. a gen. of comparison (Just., A I 53, 3; Tat. 3, 2) ἄλλους δούλους πλείονας τῶν πρώτων other slaves, more than (he had sent) at first Mt 21:36. πλείονα σημεῖα ὧν more signs than those which J 7:31. Also w. ἤ: πλείονας μαθητὰς ἤ more disciples than 4:1. After πλείονες (-α) before numerals the word for ‘than’ is omitted (B-D-F §185, 4; Kühner-G. II 311; Rob. 666; Jos., Ant. 14, 96) ἐτῶν ἦν πλειόνων τεσσεράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος the man was more than 40 years old Ac 4:22. πλείους τεσσεράκοντα 23:13, 21. Cp. 24:11; 25:6 (Jos., Ant. 6, 306 δέκα οὐ πλείους ἡμέρας).—The ref. is to relative extent (cp. 2bα) in τὰ ἔργα σου τὰ ἕσχατα πλείονα τῶν πρώτων your deeds, the latter of which are greater than the former Rv 2:19.

β. subst.

א. (οἱ) πλείονες, (οἱ) πλείους the majority, most (Diog. L. 1, 20; 22; Jos., Ant. 10, 114) Ac 19:32; 27:12. W. ἐξ: ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείονες most of whom 1 Cor 15:6. W. gen. and a neg. (litotes) οὐκ ἐν τ. πλείοσιν αὐτῶν ηὐδόκησεν ὁ θεός God was pleased with only a few of them 10:5. This is perh. (s. ג below) the place for 1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 2:6; 9:2. Phil 1:14; MPol 5:1.

ב. (οἱ) πλείονες, (οἱ) πλείους (even) more πλείονες in even greater numbers Ac 28:23. πολλῷ πλείους ἐπίστευσαν many more came to believe J 4:41.—διὰ τῶν πλειόνων to more and more people=those who are still to be won for Christ 2 Cor 4:15.

ג. (οἱ) πλείονες, (οἱ) πλείους. In contrast to a minority οἱ πλείονες can gain the sense the others, the rest (so τὰ πλείονα Soph., Oed. Col. 36; τὸ πλέον Thu. 4, 30, 4; Jos., Ant. 12, 240; B-D-F §244, 3). So perh. (s. א above) ἵνα τ. πλείονας κερδήσω (opp. the apostle himself) 1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 2:6 (opp. the one who has been punished too severely.—In this case [s. א above] his punishment would have been determined by a unanimous vote of the Christian assembly rather than by a majority). Cp. 9:2; Phil 1:14; MPol 5:1.

ד. πλείονα (for πλεῖον) more Mt 20:10 v.l.; various things Lk 11:53. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα 1 Cl 24:5 (s. as adv. ParJer 7:26).

ⓒ superl. adj. πλείστη w. a plural most of αἱ πλεῖσται δυνάμεις Mt 11:20 (difft. B-D-F §245, 1).

② pert. to being relatively large in quantity or measure, much, extensive

ⓐ positive πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

α. adj. preceding or following a noun (or ptc. or adj. used as a noun)

א. in the sg. much, large, great πολὺς ἀριθμός Ac 11:21. W. words that in themselves denote a plurality (Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 80 §338 στρατὸς πολύς) πολὺς ὄχλος (s. ὄχ. 1a) Mt 14:14; 20:29; 26:47; Mk 5:21, 24; 6:34a; 8:1; 9:14; 12:37 (ὁ π. ὄχ.); Lk 5:29; 6:17a; 8:4; J 6:2, 5 (for the expression ὁ ὄχλος πολύς, in which π. follows the noun, J 12:9, 12, cp. Arrian, Anab. 1, 9, 6 ὁ φόνος πολύς); Ac 6:7; Rv 7:9; 19:1, 6. πολὺ πλῆθος (s. pl. 2bα) Mk 3:7f; Lk 5:6; 6:17b; 23:27; Ac 14:1; 17:4; 1 Cl 6:1. λαὸς πολύς many people Ac 18:10. Of money and its value, also used in imagery μισθὸς πολύς Mt 5:12; Lk 6:23, 35 (all three predicative, as Gen 15:1). ἐργασία π. Ac 16:16. π. κεφάλαιον 22:28. χρυσοῦ πολλοῦ … τρυφῆς πολλῆς AcPl Ha 2, 19.—Of things that occur in the mass or in large quantities (Diod S 3, 50, 1 πολλὴ ἄμπελος) γῆ πολλή Mt 13:5; Mk 4:5; θερισμὸς π. Mt 9:37; Lk 10:2 (both pred.). χόρτος π. J 6:10; καρπὸς π. (Cyranides p. 121, 11) 12:24; 15:5, 8.—λόγος π. a long speech (Diod S 13, 1, 2; Just., D. 123, 7) Ac 15:32; 20:2. περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος about this we have much to say Hb 5:11 (cp. Pla., Phd. 115d).—Of time: πολὺς χρόνος a long time (Hom. et al.; Demetr.(?): 722 Fgm. 7; Jos., Ant. 8, 342; 19, 28; Just., A II, 2, 11) J 5:6 (s. ἔχω 7b); Hs 6, 4, 4 (pred.). μετὰ πολὺν χρόνον (Jos., Ant. 12, 324) Mt 25:19. Differently Mk 6:35ab (s. 3aα).

ב. adj. w. a noun in the pl. many, large, great, extensive, plentiful ὄχλοι πολλοί great crowds or probably better many people (as Diod S 20, 59, 2; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 10, 3. For the corresponding mng. of ὄχλοι s. ὄχλος 1a) Mt 4:25; 8:1; 13:2; 15:30a; 19:2; Lk 5:15; 14:25. κτήματα πολλά a great deal of property Mt 19:22; Mk 10:22 (cp. Da 11:28 χρήματα π.). ὕδατα πολλά much water, many waters (Maximus Tyr. 21, 3g of the Nile ὁ πολὺς ποταμός, likew. Procop. Soph., Ep. 111) J 3:23; Rv 1:15; 14:2; 17:1; 19:6b. θυμιάματα πολλά a great deal of incense 8:3. τὰ πολλὰ γράμματα Ac 26:24. πολλοὶ χρόνοι long periods of time (Plut., Thes. 6, 9). πολλοῖς χρόνοις for long periods of time (SIG 836, 6; pap) Lk 8:29; 1 Cl 44:3. χρόνοις πολλοῖς AcPlCor 2:10. ἐκ πολλῶν χρόνων (Diod S 3, 47, 8; Jos., Ant. 14, 110; 17, 204) 1 Cl 42:5.

β. subst.

א. πολλοί many i.e. pers.—w. the art. οἱ πολλοί the many, of whatever appears in the context Mk 6:2 v.l. (the many people who were present in the synagogue); 9:26b (the whole crowd). Opp. ὁ εἷς Ro 5:15ac, 19ab; the many who form the ἓν σῶμα the one body 12:5; 1 Cor 10:17. Paul pays attention to the interests of the many rather than to his own vs. 33 (cp. Jos., Ant. 3, 212).—The majority, most (X., An. 5, 6, 19; Appian, Maced. 7, Bell. Civ. 4, 73 §309; 2 Macc 1:36; En 104:10; AscIs 3:26; Jos., Ant. 17, 72; Just., D. 4, 3) Mt 24:12; Hb 12:15 v.l. W. a connotation of disapproval most people, the crowd (Socrat., Ep. 6, 2; Dio Chrys. 15 [32], 8; Epict. 1, 3, 4; 2, 1, 22 al.; Plut., Mor. 33a; 470b; Plotinus, Enn. 2, 9, 9; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 42) 2 Cor 2:17; Pol 2:1; 7:2.—Jeremias, The Eucharistic Words of Jesus³, tr. NPerrin, ’66, 179–82; 226–31, and TW VI 536–45: πολλοί.

ב. πολύ much ᾧ ἐδόθη πολύ, πολὺ ζητηθήσεται παρʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾧ παρέθεντο πολὺ κτλ. Lk 12:48 (Just., A I, 17, 4 twice πλέον). Cp. 16:10ab; 2 Cl 8:5; καρποφορεῖν π. bear much fruit Hs 2:3. πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον much in every way Ro 3:2 (Ael. Aristid. 34, 43 K.=50 p. 562 D. gives answer to a sim. quest. asked by himself: πολλὰ καὶ παντοῖα).—Js 5:16.—As gen. of price πολλοῦ for a large sum of money (Menand., Fgm. 197 Kö.; PRyl 244, 10. S. στρουθίον.) Mt 26:9.—Of time: ἐπὶ πολύ ( for) a long time (JosAs 19:3; Ar. 65, 3; s. also ἐπί 18cβ) Ac 28:6; AcPl Ha 10, 21. μετʼ οὐ πολύ soon afterward Ac 27:14 (μετά B 2c).—ἐπὶ πολύ more than once, often (Is 55:7) Hm 4, 1, 8.—Before a comp. (as Hom. et al.; B-D-F §246; Rob. 664) in the acc. πολὺ βέλτιον much better Hs 1:9. π. ἐλάττων v 3, 7, 6 (Ar. 6, 2). π. μᾶλλον much more, to a much greater degree (Dio Chrys. 2, 10; 17; 64 al.; Ael. Aristid. 34, 9 K.=50 p. 549 D.; Just., A II, 8, 3; D. 95, 1 al.) Hb 12:9, 25 (by means of a negative it acquires the mng. much less; cp. Diod S 7, 14, 6 πολὺ μᾶλλον μὴ … =even much less); Dg 2:7b. π. πλέον 2:7a (Ar. 11, 7). π. σπουδαιότερος 2 Cor 8:22b. Cp. π. τιμώτερον 1 Pt 1:7 v.l.; in the dat. of degree of difference πολλῷ μᾶλλον (Thu. 2, 51, 4; UPZ 42, 48 [162 B.C.]; EpArist 7; 24 al.; Sir prol. ln. 14; Jos., Ant. 18, 184; Just., A I, 68, 9; Tat. 17, 4) Mt 6:30; Mk 10:48b; Lk 18:39; Ro 5:9f, 15b, 17; 1 Cor 12:22; 2 Cor 3:9, 11; Phil 2:12. πολλῷ μᾶλλον κρείσσον 1:23 (v.l. without μᾶλλον). πολλῷ πλείους J 4:41. πολλῷ στρουθίων as v.l. Mt 20:31 and Lk 12:7 (both N.²⁵ app.; on the strong ms. support for this rdg. s. RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 21–24).—W. the art. τὸ πολύ (opp. τὸ ὀλίγον as X., An. 7, 7, 36) 2 Cor 8:15 (cp. Ex 16:18).

ג. πολύς (Diod S 14, 107, 4 πολὺς ἦν ἐπὶ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ=he was strongly inclined toward punishing) μὴ πολὺς ἐν ῥήμασιν γίνου do not be profuse in speech, do not gossip 1 Cl 30:5 (Job 11:3).—Παπίας ὁ πολύς Papias (7), prob. to be understood as ὁ πάνυ; s. πάνυ d.

ⓑ comp. πλείων, πλεῖον; adv. πλειόνως

α. adj., w. a singular (TestJob 35:2 διὰ πλείονος εὐωδίας) καρπὸν πλείονα more fruit J 15:2, 8 P⁶⁶; Hs 5, 2, 4. τὸ πλεῖον μέρος τοῦ ὄχλου the greater part of the throng 8, 1, 16. ἐπὶ πλείονα χρόνον for a longer time (PTebt 6:31 [II B.C.]) Ac 18:20. Foll. by gen. of comparison: πλείονα τιμήν more honor Hb 3:3b.—IPol 1:3a. Foll. by παρά τινα for comparison Hb 3:3a; 11:4; Hs 9, 18, 2. ὅσῳ πλείονος κατηξιώθημεν γνώσεως, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον 1 Cl 41:4.—τὸ πλεῖον μέρος as adv. acc. for the greater part Hv 3, 6, 4a.

β. as subst. πλεῖον, πλέον more τὸ πλεῖον the greater sum (cp. Diod S 1, 82, 2=the greater part; Ps 89:10) Lk 7:43. πλεῖον λαμβάνειν receive a larger sum Mt 20:10. W. partitive gen. ἐπὶ πλεῖον προκόψουσιν ἀσεβείας they will arrive at an ever greater measure of impiety=become more and more deeply involved in impiety 2 Ti 2:16. W. a gen. of comparison πλεῖον τῆς τροφῆς someth. greater (more important) than food Mt 6:25; Lk 12:23. πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ Mt 12:41; cp. vs. 42; Lk 11:31, 32. ἡ χήρα πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν the widow put in more than all the rest Mk 12:43; Lk 21:3. μηδὲν πλέον nothing more (Jos., Bell. 1, 43; cp. Just., D. 2, 3 οὐδὲν πλέον); the words than, except following are expressed by παρά and the acc. Lk 3:13 or by πλήν w. gen. Ac 15:28, w. εἰ μή Hs 1:6.—The acc. is used as an adv. more, in greater measure, to a greater degree (Herm. Wr. 13, 21 Nock after the mss.) Lk 7:42; IRo 1:1; IEph 6:2; w. a gen. of comparison Mt 5:20 (περισσεύω 1aβ); J 21:15; IPol 5:2 (s. Ad’Alès, RSR 25, ’35, 489–92). τριετίαν ἢ καὶ πλεῖον for three years or even more Ac 20:18 D (cp. TestAbr B 7 p. 111, 27 [Stone p. 70, 27]).—ἐπὶ πλεῖον any farther (of place) Ac 4:17 (TestGad 7:2; Ath. 12 [ἐπί 4bβ]); (of time) at length Ac 20:9 (ἐπί 18cβ) or any longer, too long 24:4; 1 Cl 55:1 (ἐπί 18cβ); any more, even more (ἐπί 13) 2 Ti 3:9; 1 Cl 18:3 (Ps 50:4). Strengthened πολὺ πλέον much more, much rather (4 Macc 1:8; cp. X., An. 7, 5, 15; BGU 180, 12f [172 A.D.] πολλῷ πλεῖον; Ar. 11, 7 πολλῷ πλεῖον) Dg 2:7; 4:5.—Also w. indications of number (s. 1bα) πλεῖον ἢ ἄρτοι πέντε Lk 9:13 (the words πλ. ἤ outside the constr. as X., An. 1, 2, 11). In πλείω δώδεκα λεγιῶνας ἀγγέλων more than twelve legions of angels Mt 26:53 the text is uncertain (B-D-F §185, 4; s. Rob. 666).—The adv. can also be expressed by πλειόνως (Aeneas Tact. 237; Jos., Ant. 17, 2; Leontios 24, p. 52, 10) more ὅσον … πλειόνως the more … the more IEph 6:1.

ⓒ superl. πλεῖστος, ον

α. adj.

א. superlative proper τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος the greatest part w. partitive gen. Hs 8, 2, 9; 9, 7, 4. As adv. acc. for the greatest part 8, 5, 6; 8, 10, 1 (s. μέρος 1d).

ב. elative (s. Mayser II/1, 1926, 53) very great, very large (ὁ) πλεῖστος ὄχλος Mt 21:8 (ὁ πλεῖστος ὄχλος could also be the greatest part of the crowd, as Thu. 7, 78, 2; Pla., Rep. 3, 397d); Mk 4:1.

β. subst. οἱ πλεῖστοι the majority, most Ac 19:32 D (Just., D. 1, 4; cp. D. 48, 4 πλεῖστοι).

③ pert. to being high on a scale of extent

ⓐ positive πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

α. as simple adj., to denote degree much, great, strong, severe, hard, deep, profound (Diod S 13, 7, 4 πολὺς φόβος; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 4, 57; 58 p. 265, 3 πολλὴ δικαιοσύνη; Eccl 5:16 θυμὸς π.; Sir 15:18 σοφία; TestAbr A 20 p. 103, 4 [Stone p. 54] ἀθυμία; Just., D. 3, 1 ἠρεμία) ἀγάπη Eph 2:4. ἀγών 1 Th 2:2. ἄθλησις Hb 10:32. ἁπλότης Hv 3, 9, 1. ἀσιτία Ac 27:21. βία 24:6 [7] v.l. γογγυσμός J 7:12. διακονία Lk 10:40. δοκιμή 2 Cor 8:2. δόξα Mt 24:30; Hv 1, 3, 4; 2, 2, 6. δύναμις Mk 13:26. ἐγκράτεια strict self-control Hv 2, 3, 2. εἰρήνη complete or undisturbed peace (Diod S 3, 64, 7; 11, 38, 1) Ac 24:2. ἔλεος 1 Pt 1:3. ἐπιθυμία 1 Th 2:17. ζημία Ac 27:10. ζήτησις 15:7. θλῖψις 2 Cor 2:4a; 1 Th 1:6. καύχησις 2 Cor 7:4b (pred.). μακροθυμία Ro 9:22. ὀδυρμός Mt 2:18. παράκλησις 2 Cor 8:4. παρρησία (Wsd 5:1) 3:12; 7:4a (pred.); 1 Ti 3:13; Phlm 8. πεποίθησις 2 Cor 8:22c. πλάνη 2 Cl 1:7. πληροφορία 1 Th 1:5. πόνος Col 4:13. σιγή a great or general hush (X., Cyr. 7, 1, 25; Arrian, Anab. 5, 28, 4) Ac 21:40. στάσις 23:10. τρόμος 1 Cor 2:3. φαντασία Ac 25:23. χαρά 8:8; Phlm 7. ὥρα πολλή late hour (Polyb. 5, 8, 3; Dionys. Hal. 2, 54; Jos., Ant. 8, 118) Mk 6:35ab.

β. subst. πολλά in the acc. used as adv. greatly, earnestly, strictly, loudly, often etc. (X., Cyr. 1, 5, 14; Diod S 13, 41, 5; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 19, 2; Aelian, VH 1, 23; 4 Km 10:18; Is 23:16; TestSol 1:1; GrBar; ApcMos; Jos., Ant. 14, 348) ἀλαλάζειν πολλά Mk 5:38 (s. ἀλαλάζω). πολλὰ ἁμαρτάνειν Hs 4:5c (ApcMos 32). π. ἀνακρίνειν Ac 28:18 v.l. π. ἀπορεῖν Mk 6:20 (Field, Notes 29). π. ἀσπάζεσθαι 1 Cor 16:19 (s. ἀσπάζομαι 1a). δεηθῆναι π. (GrBar 4:14; Jos., Vi. 173; 343) Hs 5, 4, 1. διαστέλλεσθαι Mk 5:43 (s. διαστέλλω). π. ἐπιτιμᾶν 3:12. π. ἐρωτᾶν earnestly pray Hv 2, 2, 1. κατηγορεῖν π. Mk 15:3 (s. κατηγορέω 1a). κηρύσσειν π. talk freely 1:45. κλαίειν bitterly Ac 8:24 D (ApcMos 39). κοπιᾶν (ApcMos 24; CIG IV 9552, 5 … μοι πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν, cp. Dssm., LO 266, 5 [LAE 317]) work hard Ro 16:6, 12; 2 Cl 7:1b. νηστεύειν π. fast often Mt 9:14a. ὀμνύναι π. Mk 6:23. παρακαλεῖν Mk 5:10, 23; Ac 20:1 D; 1 Cor 16:12. π. πταίειν make many mistakes Js 3:2. π. σπαράσσειν convulse violently Mk 9:26a.—W. the art. ἐνεκοπτόμην τὰ πολλά I have been hindered these many times (cp. Ro 1:13 πολλάκις) Ro 15:22 (v.l. πολλάκις here too).

γ. subst. πολύ in the acc. used as adv. greatly, very much, strongly (Da 6:15, 24 Theod.) ἀγαπᾶν πολύ show much affection, love greatly Lk 7:47b. κλαίειν π. weep loudly Rv 5:4.—Mk 12:27; Ac 18:27.

ⓑ superlative, the neut. acc. πλεῖστον, α as adv. (sing. Hom. et al.; pl. Pind. et al.)

α. pl. πλεῖστα in the formula of greeting at the beginning of a letter πλεῖστα χαίρειν (POxy 742; 744; 1061 [all three I B.C.]; PTebt 314, 2 [II A.D.] and very oft. in pap.—Griech. pap ed. Ltzm.: Kl. Texte 14², 1910, p. 4, 5, 6, 7 al.; Preis. II s.v. πλεῖστος) heartiest greeting(s) IEph ins; IMg ins; ITr ins; IRo ins; ISm ins; IPol ins.

β. sing. τὸ πλεῖστον at the most (Aristoph., Vesp. 260; Diod S 14, 71, 3 πεμπταῖοι ἢ τὸ πλ. ἑκταῖοι; POxy 58, 17; PGiss 65:9) κατὰ δύο ἢ τὸ πλ. τρεῖς (word for word like Περὶ ὕψους 32, 1) 1 Cor 14:27.—B. 922f. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.