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πολλάκις

pollakis

many times, often

Appears 220 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πολλάκις [ᾰ], Ep. and Lyr. πολλάκι, sts. in Trag. (only lyr.) metri gr., A. Th. 227, Supp. 131, S. Ph. 1456 (anap.); never in Prose: (πολύς): Adv. I. of Time, many times, often, Il. 1.396, etc.; π. καὶ οὐκὶ ἅπαξ Hdt. 7.46; π. τοῦ μηνός X. Cyr. 1.2.9; π. ἀγωνοθέτης Ephes. 3p.152No.70. II. of Degree and Number, π. μυρίοι many tens of thousands, Pl. Lg. 810d, Tht. 175a; of Quantity, [τὴν] οὐσίαν π. τοσαύτην ἐποίησε Id. R. 330b; of Size, μεῖζον π. Plu. 2.944a. 2. τὸ π. mostly, for the most part, Pi. O. 1.32; very much, altogether, χρὼς ὅμοιος ἐγίνετο πολλάκι θάψῳ Theoc. 2.88; χαίρετε π Μοῖσαι Id. 1.144. III. in Att., after conditional particles, perhaps, σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο π. Ar. Ec. 791; ἐάν τι πολλὰ π. πάθω ib.1105: with ἄρα, ἐὰν ἄρα π. νυμφόληπτος γένωμαι Pl. Phdr. 238d, cf. Phd. 60e, D. 32.3; also μὴ π. lest perchance, Hp. VC 14, Th. 2.13, Pl. Prt. 361c, al.
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