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Ancient Greek
Etymology From the root of πλέω ( pléō , “ to float, sail ” ) (perhaps in some early meaning of "flow" > "abound") with the suffix -τος ( -tos ) ; for the suffix, compare βίοτος ( bíotos , “ life ” ) , νόστος ( nóstos , “ journey, return ” ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /plûː.tos/ → /ˈplu.tos/ → /ˈplu.tos/
Noun πλοῦτος • (ploûtos ) m or n genitive πλούτου or πλούτους variously declined )second declension , third declension
wealth , riches
Synonym: ἄφενος ( áphenos ) 800 BCE BCE ,
Homer ,
Iliad 1.171 :
οὐδέ σ’ ὀΐω ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν. oudé s’ oḯō [ …] áphenos kaì ploûton aphúxein. nor do I intend to pile up riches and wealth for you. 380 BCE ,
Plato ,
Gorgias 523c :
πολλοὶ οὖν,” ἦ δ’ ὅς, “ψυχὰς πονηρὰς ἔχοντες ἠμφιεσμένοι εἰσὶ πλούτους polloì oûn,” ê d’ hós, “psukhàs ponēràs ékhontes ēmphiesménoi eisì [ …] ploútous “Now many,” said he, “who have wicked souls are clad in wealth
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Derived terms
πλέω ( pléō , “ float, sail ” ) πλούσιος ( ploúsios ) , πλουσιακός ( plousiakós ) πλούτᾱξ ( ploútāx ) , πλούτᾱκος ( ploútākos , “ a rich fool ” ) Πλουτεύς ( Plouteús ) πλουτέω ( ploutéō ) , πλουσιάω ( plousiáō , “ to be rich ” ) πλουτηρός ( ploutērós ) πλουτῐ́ζω ( ploutízō , “ to make rich, enrich ” ) πλουτίνδην ( ploutíndēn , “ according to property ” ) Πλοῦτος ( Ploûtos ) Πλούτων ( Ploútōn )
Descendants
References
Further reading “πλοῦτος Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon
“πλοῦτος Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
“πλοῦτος Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
πλοῦτος Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français Bauer, Walter et al. (2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature πλοῦτος Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924 ) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963 “πλοῦτος Slater, William J. (1969 ) Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G4149 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible πλοῦτος Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007 ) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language affluence idem, page 17.cash idem, page 116.fortune idem, page 340.luxury idem, page 506.mammon idem, page 510.money idem, page 539.opulence idem, page 577.pelf idem, page 602.plutus idem, page 622.riches idem, page 712.treasure idem, page 891.wealth idem, page 970.