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πάνυ

pany

altogether

Appears 1,199 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πάνυ [ᾰ], Adv., (πᾶς) A. altogether, first in Xenoph. 1.18, then in Trag. and Att., mostly in Prose: 1. with Verbs, A. Ch. 861 (anap.), Pl. Cra. 386c, Euthd. 272d, etc.; π. μανθάνω perfectly, Ar. Ra. 65,195; ὡς π. εἰδῆτε X. An. 6.1.31: with Adjs., very, exceedingly, π. πολλοί, ὀλίγοι, μικρός, etc., very many or few, very small, A. Ag. 1456 (anap.), Pl. Ap. 25b, Arist. HA 542a5; π. ταρφύς A. Pers. 926 (anap.); π. πλούσιοι Lys. 19.15. etc.: freq. in opposed clauses, οὐ πονηρός, ἀλλὰ καὶ π. χρηστός D. 21.83; οὐκ ὀρθῶς, οὐδὲ δικαίως, ἀλλὰ καὶ π. αἰσχρῶς ibid.: after the Adj., ὀλίγοι π., σπάνιος π., X. An. 4.7.14 (v.l.), 1.9.27, cf. Pl. Cra. 402a; separated from it, ἐκτὸς π. τινῶν ὀλίγων Id. R. 605c, cf. Euthd. 287b: with Nouns in adj. sense, π. εἶναι ὑβριστής Id. Ap. 26e: in late writers with Sup., π. φαυλότατος Sch.Ar. Ra. 1363, cf. Ath. 1.22d (π. γάρ ἐστιν ὡρικωτάτη is dub. in Crates Com. 40): with Advbs., π. ταχύ Eup. 311; ταχὺ π. Ar. Pl. 57; π. σφόδρα ib.25,745, Pl. Ap. 25a; σφόδρα π. Aeschin. 2.36; π. πολύ very much, Pl. Chrm. 157d, X. Cyr. 6.1.41, etc.; μόγις π. Pl. Ap. 21b; π. μόλις or μόλις π., Philem. 88, Eub. 30; εὖ π. Theopomp. Com.14, etc.: with adverbial phrases, π. σπουδῇ in very great haste, D. 20.105; σπουδῇ π. Th. 8.89; π. ἐν τῷ μεγίστῳ κινδύνῳ ib.50; π. ἐξ εἰκότος λόγου Pl. Euthd. 305e; ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ π. Id. Hp.Ma. 282e; π. παρὰ πολλοῖς Id. Euthd. 305c; π. ἐπὶ σμικροῖς Id. Ap. 40a; ἀπὸ σμικροῦ π. Ar. Pl. 377: with part., π. ἀδικῶν if ever so criminal, Th. 3.44. 2. strengthd., καὶ πάνυ Id. 2.11, X. Mem. 1.3.13, Pl. Ap. 17c, Euthd. 276d, Cra. 400c; δοκεῖ μοι . . καὶ π. οὐδὲ εἶναι ἡ ἐπίκλησις αὕτη I believe this name actually did not exist, Th. 1.3. 3. οὐ πάνυ not quite, οὐ π. τι μανθάνω Pl. Euthd. 286e, cf. Phd. 63a, Prt. 331e, X. An. 6.1.26, etc.; ἡ οὐσία οὐδὲ τριῶν ταλάντων π. τι ἦν not quite so much . . , D. 59.7; οὐ π. εὐδαιμονικὸς . . , ἔτι δʼ ἴσως ἧττον Arist. EN 1099b3: sts. with litotes, not quite, implying ‘not at all’, ταῦτα νεκρῷ μὲν οἷόν τε ποιεῖν, ζῶντι δὲ οὐ π. Hp. Art. 46; εὐφόρως δὲ οὐ π. ἔχει it is not very (or not at all) easy, ib.77; οὐ π. μοίρας εὐδαιμονίσαι πρώτης hardly to be congratulated . . , S. OC 144 (anap.); οὐ π. προσίεμαι X. Mem. 2.8.5. 4. in affirmative answers, by all means, no doubt, Ar. Pl. 393: mostly with a Particle added, πάνυ γε Pl. Alc. 1.107e, etc.; καὶ πάνυ γε Id. Chrm. 154e; π. γε, ἀλλά . . very well, but . . , D. 21.89; πάνυ μὲν οὖν Ar. Pl. 97, Pl. Euthphr. 13d, al.; πάνυ καλῶς no I thank you, Ar. Ra. 512. II. ὁ πάνυ the real, the very (τοῦ π. Διός Luc. Icar. 2): hence, the excellent, the famous, οἱ π. τῶν στρατιωτῶν Th. 8.1, D.C. Fr. 70.6; ὁ π. Περικλῆς X. Mem. 3.5.1; οἱ π. ἐπʼ ἀξιώματος IG 12(7).407.14 (Amorgos); οἱ π. alone, prob. in Th. 8.89 (omitting στρατηγῶν) ; ἡ π. Luc. Vit.Auct. 22.
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