ΜΕΝΠΟΛΥ, μενπολυ
MENPOLY, menpoly
Sounds Like: MEN-PO-loo
Translations: Unknown
From the root: ΜΕΝ, ΠΟΛΥΣ
Part of Speech: Unknown
Explanation: This word appears to be a garbled or misspelled combination of two common Koine Greek words: 'ΜΕΝ' (men) and 'ΠΟΛΥ' (poly). 'ΜΕΝ' is a particle often translated as 'indeed,' 'truly,' or 'on the one hand,' used to introduce a clause or emphasize a statement, often paired with 'ΔΕ' (de) to create a 'on the one hand... on the other hand' construction. 'ΠΟΛΥ' is the neuter singular form of the adjective 'πολύς' (polys), meaning 'much' or 'many.' As a combined word 'ΜΕΝΠΟΛΥ,' it is not recognized in standard Koine Greek lexicons. It's possible it's a transcription error for 'ΜΕΝ ΠΟΛΥ' (men poly) meaning 'indeed much' or 'on the one hand, much,' or a misspelling of another word entirely. Given the example usage, it might be a garbled form of 'ἐν πολλῷ' (en pollō), meaning 'in much' or 'in a great amount,' where 'πολλῷ' is the dative case of 'πολύς'.
Inflection: Unknown
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 9:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΝ, ΠΟΛΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΝΠΟΛΛΗΝ — It's not clear what this word means. It could be garbled or badly misspelled.
- ΜΕΝΠΟΛΛΟΥΣ — indeed many, truly many, many
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