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συχνός 1

I.of Time, long, Hdt., etc.; ς. λόγος a long speech, Plat.
II.of Number, many, Hdt., Ar., etc.; many days together, Ar.:—c. gen., συχναὶ τῶν νήσων Hdt.:—absol., συχνοί many people together, Ar., etc.:—with sg. nouns, much, great, id=Ar., Plat., etc.; τὸ πολίχνιον συχνὸν ποιεῖν to make the small town large, Plat.:—c. gen., τῆς μαρίλης συχνήν Ar.
B.the adv. συχνῶς (Antipho.) is rare, the neut. συχνόν, συχνά being used instead, often, much, Plat.: far, Xen.
II.dat. συχνῷ with comp. adj., νεώτερος ἐμοῦ καὶ συχνῷ younger by a good deal, Dem.

1 συχνός, ή, όν

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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