A.very much, exceedingly:
I. with Verbs, ἐμήδιζον γὰρ ς. Hdt.9.17; “ς. ἱμείρουσα” S. El.1053; καὶ ς. πείθει persuades them too well, Id.Aj.150 (anap.); ς. λέγειν with vehemence, Antipho 6.15; ς. κολάζειν severely, Th.3.46; ς. ὁρίσασθαι exactly, Pl.Phdr.263d, cf. Phlb.58d, Phd.68a, 73a; ς. χαίρω I am exceedingly glad, POxy.41.17 (iii/iv A.D.).
2. with Adjs., ς. ὑπέρτεροι far superior, Pi.N.4.37; μισόδημον ς. Ar.Fr.108; “ς. ἄδικος” Pl.R.361a; ἁλμυρὸν ς. Arist.Mete.359a13; κακοδαίμων ς. Antiph.56; “ς. γενναῖος” Men.223.14; πολλοῦ ς. at a very high price, very dear, Id.197; πολλοὶ ς. Bato 7.1; “ἐνιαυτοὺς ς. ὀλίγους” Men.481.6; χαρὰ μεγάλη ς. Ev.Matt.2.10:—with Adjs. it most freq. follows, and in Com. Poets it usu. stands at the end of the verse.
3. with a Subst., “τὴν ς. φιλίαν” Pl.Lg.731e; τινῶν ς. γυναικῶν very womanish women, ib.639b; τῆς ς. προθυμίας ib.952c; “τῆς ς. μανίας” Id.Phdr.251a; “ἐν τοῖς ς. ψύχεσιν” Arist.HA599a19.
4. with other Advbs., ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει ς. Ar.Ra.54; θαυμαστῶς ὡς ς., ἀμηχάνως ὡς ς., Pl.R.331a, Phdr.263d; μάλα ς. Id.Alc.1.124d; πάνυ ς. Ar.Pl.25, 745; “ς. πάνυ” Aeschin.2.36; πάνυ καὶ ς. Pl.Lg.627a; οὐ ς. not very much, Hp.Aër.15, Antiph.204.11, Pl.Phd.100a; “οὕτω ς. ἦν ἀρχαῖος” Antiph.273; “οὕτω ς. ἐστὶ . . Βοιώτιος” Eub.39.
6. “σφόδρα, σφοδρῶς” LXX Ge.7.19.