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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a stem related to πληθῡ́ς (plēthū́s, “crowd; populace, majority”) and πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) with the suffix -η (-ē, forming nominals), perhaps continuing Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁-dʰ(h₁)-(w)ōr. Compare Latin plēbs (“crowd; populace, people, folk”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɛː.tʰɔ̌ː.rɛː/ → /pliˈθo.ri/ → /pliˈθo.ri/
Noun
πληθώρη • (plēthṓrē) f (genitive πληθώρης); first declension
- fullness
- (medicine) generation of blood or humors by the body
References
- “πληθώρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πληθώρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers