- hoi polloi
[hoi polloi 词源字典]
- hoi polloi: see polyp
[hoi polloi etymology, hoi polloi origin, 英语词源] - hoi polloi
- 1837, from Greek hoi polloi (plural) "the people," literally "the many" (plural of polys; see poly-). Used in Greek by Dryden (1668) and Byron (1822), in both cases preceded by the, even though Greek hoi means "the," a mistake repeated often by subsequent writers, who at least have the excuse of ignorance of Greek.