πληθύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁-dʰuh₁, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Related to πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plɛː.tʰy̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pleˈtʰys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pliˈθys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pliˈθys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pliˈθis/
Noun
πληθῡ́ς • (plēthū́s) f (genitive πληθῠ́ος); third declension
- Ionic and Epic form of πλῆθος (plêthos, “throng, crowd; majority”)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | πληθῡ́ς plēthū́s | ||||||||||||
Genitive | πληθῠ́ος plēthúos | ||||||||||||
Dative | πληθῠ́ῐ̈ / πληθυῖ plēthúï / plēthuî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | πληθῡ́ν plēthū́n | ||||||||||||
Vocative | πληθῡ́ plēthū́ | ||||||||||||
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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
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