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[*] 600. oi( polloi/, oi( o)li/goi, etc. “οἱ πολλοί” means the masses, “οἱ ὀλίγοι”, the few, the aristocracy, “τὸ πολύ”, the mass (opposed to the remnant), “τὸ πλέον”, the majority (opposed to the minority), “τὸ πλεῖστον”, the greatest number (opposed to individuals). “οἱ μὲν οὖν πολλοὶ Μακεδόνων πῶς ἔχουσι Φιλίππῳ, ἐκ τούτων ἄν τις σκέψαιτ᾽ οὐ χαλεπῶς”, DEM.2.17. “οἱ πολλοὶ κρίνουσι τὰς ἡδονὰς εἰς τὸ ζῆν ἡμῖν εὖ κρατίστας εἶναι”, PLATO, Phileb. 67B. “τῶν . . . πολεμίων τὸ μὲν πολὺ ἔμενεν . . ., μέρος δ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀπήντα τοῖς κατὰ τὰ ἄκρα”, XEN. An. 4.6.24. “μὴ τοῖς μὲν ὀλίγοις ἡ αἰτία προστεθῇ, τὸν δὲ δῆμον ἀπολύσητε”, THUC.3.39.6. “ἀποπέμπει δὲ καὶ τῆς στρατιᾶς τὸ πλέον”, THUC.3.35.2. “τοῦ . . . ἱππικοῦ τὸ πλεῖστου αὐτοὶ Ὀδρύσαι παρείχοντο καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτοὺς Γέται”, THUC.2.98.4. “καὶ οἱ μὲν πλεῖστοι ἐξέφυγον . . . ὅσους δὲ ἔλαβε κατηκόντισεν ἀφειδῶς Σεύθης”, XEN. Hell. 7.4.6.
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