Πολλοστόν
one of many, smallest, least
Translated by Ronald Allen17 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολλοστόν· ἐπὶ τάξεως, καὶ μορίου. Δημοσθένης, καὶ ἄλλοι.
Betacode
*pollosto/n: e)pi\ ta/cews, kai\ mori/ou. *dhmosqe/nhs, kai\ a)/lloi.
Notes (3)
- The headword is the masculine nominative singular form of the adjective
pollosto/s, h/, o/n ; cf. LSJ s.v. - 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi1026 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2As Adler notes, the headword appears (in the dative singular) at Demosthenes 24.196 (web address 1). Other instances include Demosthenes 43.9 (web address 2), cited by Theodoridis, and Demosthenes 36.41 (web address 3). ↩
- 3Examples are Thucydides 6.86.5 (web address 4) and Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.6.7 (web address 5). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 5 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- π1926Πολλοστῷgreat[Meaning] ultimate. "Excelling neither by virtue of your age nor in other matters, but for being in all things great."
- π2119Πόστοςwhich (in the ordinal series)?[*po/stos comes] from po/satos, by syncope. But it is also applied to quantity. For example, "What year is [he] living?" Also, "What hour of the day [is it]?"
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Sep 2021
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen