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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁-dʰ-uh₁, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Related to πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill”). Cognate with Latin plēbēs, older form of plēbs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɛː.tʰy̌ːs/ → /pliˈθys/ → /pliˈθis/
Noun
πληθῡ́ς • (plēthū́s) f (genitive πληθῠ́ος); third declension
- Ionic and Epic form of πλῆθος (plêthos, “throng, crowd; majority”)
Inflection
πληθῡ́ς
plēthū́s
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πληθῠ́ος
plēthúos
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πληθῠ́ῐ̈ / πληθυῖ
plēthúï / plēthuî
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πληθῡ́ν
plēthū́n
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πληθῡ́
plēthū́
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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References
- “πληθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πληθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πληθύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πληθύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πληθύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963