Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.altogether, first in Xenoph.1.18, then in Trag. and Att., mostly in Prose:

1. with Verbs, A.Ch.861 (anap.), Pl. Cra.386c, Euthd.272d, etc.; π. μανθάνω perfectly, Ar.Ra.65,195; “ὡς π. εἰδῆτε” X.An.6.1.31: with Adjs., very, exceedingly, π. πολλοί, ὀλίγοι, μικρός, etc., very many or few, very small, A.Ag.1456 (anap.), Pl. Ap.25b, Arist.HA542a5; “π. ταρφύς” A.Pers.926 (anap.); “π. πλούσιοι” Lys.19.15. etc.: freq. in opposed clauses, “οὐ πονηρός, ἀλλὰ καὶ π. χρηστός” D.21.83; οὐκ ὀρθῶς, οὐδὲ δικαίως, ἀλλὰ καὶ π. αἰσχρῶς ibid.: after the Adj., ὀλίγοι π., σπάνιος π., X.An.4.7.14 (v.l.), 1.9.27, cf. Pl.Cra.402a; separated from it, “ἐκτὸς π. τινῶν ὀλίγων” Id.R.605c, cf. Euthd.287b: with Nouns in adj. sense, “π. εἶναι ὑβριστής” Id.Ap. 26e: in late writers with Sup., π. φαυλότατος Sch.Ar.Ra.1363, cf. Ath.1.22d (π. γάρ ἐστιν ὡρικωτάτη is dub. in Crates Com.40): with Advbs., “π. ταχύ” Eup.311; “ταχὺ π.” Ar.Pl.57; π. σφόδρα ib.25,745, Pl.Ap.25a; “σφόδρα π.” Aeschin.2.36; π. πολύ very much, Pl.Chrm. 157d, X.Cyr.6.1.41, etc.; “μόγις π.” Pl.Ap.21b; π. μόλις or μόλις π., Philem.88, Eub.30; εὖ π. Theopomp. Com.14, etc.: with adverbial phrases, π. σπουδῇ in very great haste, D.20.105; “σπουδῇ π.” Th.8.89; π. ἐν τῷ μεγίστῳ κινδύνῳ ib.50; “π. ἐξ εἰκότος λόγου” Pl.Euthd. 305e; “ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ π.” Id.Hp.Ma.282e; “π. παρὰ πολλοῖς” Id.Euthd. 305c; “π. ἐπὶ σμικροῖς” Id.Ap.40a; “ἀπὸ σμικροῦ π.” Ar.Pl.377: with part., π. ἀδικῶν if ever so criminal, Th.3.44.

2. strengthd., “καὶ πάνυ” Id.2.11, X.Mem.1.3.13, Pl.Ap.17c, Euthd.276d, Cra.400c; δοκεῖ μοι . . καὶ π. οὐδὲ εἶναι ἡ ἐπίκλησις αὕτη I believe this name actually did not exist, Th.1.3.

3. οὐ πάνυ not quite, “οὐ π. τι μανθάνω” Pl.Euthd. 286e, cf. Phd.63a, Prt.331e, X.An.6.1.26, etc.; ἡ οὐσία οὐδὲ τριῶν ταλάντων π. τι ἦν not quite so much . . , D.59.7; “οὐ π. εὐδαιμονικὸς . . , ἔτι δ᾽ ἴσως ἧττον” Arist.EN1099b3: sts. with litotes, not quite, implying 'not at all', “ταῦτα νεκρῷ μὲν οἷόν τε ποιεῖν, ζῶντι δὲ οὐ π.” Hp.Art. 46; εὐφόρως δὲ οὐ π. ἔχει it is not very (or not at all) easy, ib.77; οὐ π. μοίρας εὐδαιμονίσαι πρώτης hardly to be congratulated . . , S.OC144 (anap.); “οὐ π. προσίεμαι” X.Mem.2.8.5.

4. in affirmative answers, by all means, no doubt, Ar.Pl.393: mostly with a Particle added, “πάνυ γε” Pl.Alc.1.107e, etc.; “καὶ πάνυ γε” Id.Chrm.154e; π. γε, ἀλλά . . very well, but . . , D.21.89; “πάνυ μὲν οὖν” Ar.Pl.97, Pl.Euthphr. 13d, al.; πάνυ καλῶς no I thank you, Ar.Ra.512.

II. ὁ πάνυ the real, the very (“τοῦ π. Διός” Luc.Icar.2): hence, the excellent, the famous, “οἱ π. τῶν στρατιωτῶν” Th.8.1, D.C.Fr.70.6; “ὁ π. Περικλῆς” X. Mem.3.5.1; “οἱ π. ἐπ᾽ ἀξιώματος” IG12(7).407.14 (Amorgos); οἱ π. alone, prob. in Th.8.89 (omitting στρατηγῶν）“; ἡ π.” Luc.Vit.Auct. 22.