Πολλός

much, many, strong

Translated by Ronald Allen12 Apr 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 38 words
As a masculine. Instead of polu/s, ["much"].
Arrian [writes]: "concerning Dionysus a strong account [sc. that he invaded India prior to Alexander and subdued the population] holds fast, but concerning Herakles1 [sc. the parallel tale is] not strong."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολλός· ἀρσενικόν. ἀντὶ τοῦ πολύς. Ἀρριανός· Διονύσου μὲν πέρι πολλὸς λόγος κατέχει, Ἡρακλέους δὲ πέρι οὐ πολλός.

Betacode
*pollo/s: a)rseniko/n. a)nti\ tou= polu/s. *)arriano/s: *dionu/sou me\n pe/ri pollo\s lo/gos kate/xei, *(hrakle/ous de\ pe/ri ou) pollo/s.

Notes (2)

  1. The Ionic headword is the masculine nominative singular equivalent of the Attic polu/s; cf. pi 1920 and LSJ s.v.
  2. 1cf. eta 475, eta 476, eta 477, and OCD4 s.v. Heracles. ↩
  3. 2Quoted approximately from Arrian, Indica 5.8. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π1921Λύσις ὀνείρου πόλον βλέπειν θέονταinterpretation of a dreamπ1922Πόλοςpole, firmament, post, stationπ1923Πολλόςmuch, many, strongπ1924Πολλοστημόριονmany times smaller; fractionπ1925Πολλοστόνone of many, smallest, least
Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  5. tweaked a name; other cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — Ronald Allen

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