πολλοστός

πολλοστός, 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 λέγοιντʼ 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.