τὸ+πολλοστὸν+μέρος

πολλοστός, ή, όν formed from πολύς on the analogy of εἰκοστός (s. L-S-J-M; Schwyzer I 584.—In non-bibl. Gk. freq. in ref. to relative remoteness on a scale of extent or degree Aristoph., X., Pla.; Philo, De Somn. 1, 204, De Praem. 128; πολλοστὸν μέρος ‘smallest part’ or ‘very small fraction’ Andoc. et al. Used like πολύς to denote degree 2 Km 23:20 πολλοστός ἔργοις=‘noted for many deeds’; Ps 54:19 Sym.; cp. Pr 5:19) abounding of the resurrected body (in imagery of a grain of wheat) σῶμα … π., ὀρθόν, ηὐλογημένον a body … abounding/teeming (because it is productive), upright, and blessed AcPlCor 2:27.—DELG s.v. πολύς.

πολλοστ-ός, ή, όν (formed from πολύς on the analogy of εἰκοστός, τριακοστός, etc.),

A far on in the ordinal series first, second, third, etc., π. ὢν Συρακοσίων καὶ τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ δόξῃ, i. e. far from the most eminent of the Syracusans, Isoc.5.65; κίνησις.. δευτέρα τε καὶ ὁπόσων ἀριθμῶν βούλοιτο ἄν τις ἀριθμεῖν αὐτὴν πολλοστὴν τοσούτων, i.e. infinitely less important, Pl.Lg. 896b; πότερον.. τὰ σκληρότατα.. ἢ.. τὰ πολλοστὰ σκληρότητι; things far down in descending order of hardness, Id.Phlb. 44e; αἱ π. ἡδοναί, opp. αἱ ἀκρόταται καὶ σφοδρόταται, ibid. Adv., δευτέρως καὶ -στῶς λέγοιντ' ἄν much less properly, opp. κυρίως, Arist.EN 1176a29; [

ὑγείας] πρώτως μὲν θεοί, δευτέρως δὲ ἢ καὶ π. ἄνθρωποι μεταλαμβάνουσιν Herm. in Phdr.p.90

A.; but τὸ π. εἰπεῖν using many alternative names for the same thing, D.H.Rh.11.9.

2 with ἀπό, remote, τρίται καὶ π. ἀπὸ [τῆς Νυκτός] Herm. in Phdr.p.144 A.;

ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργίας Iamb. Myst.3.28

;

ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκείας ἀρχῆς Procl.Inst. 110

; ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχικῆς μονάδος, ib. 119, 181.

3 π. μέρος or μόριον, a fraction with one for numerator and with a large denominator, i. e. a small fraction,

π. τι μέρος And.2.8

, cf. X.Mem.4.6.7;

π. μόριον Th.6.86

: freq. with a neg.,

οὐδὲ [τὸ] π. μέρος Lys.14.46

, cf. Is.1.34;

μηδὲ πολλοστὸν ἐξευρίσκειν τινῶν Phld.Rh.1.210S.

4 of Time, π. ἔτει in the last of many years, i.e. after many years, Cratin.Jun.9; π. χρόνῳ after a very long time, Ar. Pax 559, D.24.196, 57.18, Men.329.

II in later Gr., = πολύς, πολλοστὸς ἔργοις one that has done a great deal, LXX 2 Ki.23.20, cf. Pr.5.19.