πολύ-παις, παιδος, ὁ, ἡ,
with many children, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.19, LXX.4Mac.16.10 ] LXX+1st c.BC+]; of swans, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.14 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, of Tyre, mother of many colonies, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.428.14 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]