πολλοστ-ός, ή, όν
(formed from πολύς on the analogy of εἰκοστός, τριακοστός, etc.), 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, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.65 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κίνησις.. δευτέρα τε καὶ ὁπόσων ἀριθμῶν βούλοιτο ἄν τις ἀριθμεῖν αὐτὴν πολλοστὴν τοσούτων, i.e. infinitely less important, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 896b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πότερον.. τὰ σκληρότατα.. ἢ.. τὰ πολλοστὰ σκληρότητ; things far down in descending order of hardness, [[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 44e ] Refs]; αἱ π. ἡδοναί, opposed to αἱ ἀκρόταται καὶ σφοδρόταται, [[[prev. passage] ] Refs] adverb, δευτέρως καὶ -στῶς λέγοιντ᾽ ἄν much less properly, opposed to κυρίως, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1176a29; [ὑγείας] πρώτως μὲν θεοί, δευτέρως δὲ ἢ καὶ π. ἄνθρωποι μεταλαμβάνουσιν 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.90 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but τὸ π. εἰπεῖν using many alternative names for the same thing, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 11.9. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 with ἀπό, remote, τρίται καὶ π. ἀπὸ [τῆς Νυκτός] [[ 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.144 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus; ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργίας 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.28; ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκείας ἀρχῆς 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 110; ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχικῆς μονάδος, [prev. work] 119, 181. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 π. μέρος or μόριον, a fraction with one for numerator and with a large denominator, i. e. a small fraction, π. τι μέρος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.7; π. μόριον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with a negative, οὐδὲ [τὸ] π. μέρος [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.46, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.34; μηδὲ πολλοστὸν ἐξευρίσκειν τινῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.210S. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]