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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wealth]], [[riches]], ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν Il.1.171; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε 16.596; πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Pi.''O.''2.53; opp. [[πενία]], Pl.''R.''421d; ἀνατετροφέναι πλοῦτον And.1.131: pl., τῶν γὰρ π. ὁδ' ἄριστος [[treasure]]s, E.''Fr.''137 (anap.); πλούτοις καὶ πενίαις Pl.''R.''618b; γένη καὶ πλοῦτοι Id.''Grg.''523c, cf. ''Prt.''354b, etc.: c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">πλοῦτος ἀργύρου, πλοῦτος χρυσοῦ</b>, [[treasure]] of [[silver]] or [[gold]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.121.ά, ''Anacreont.''34.1; οὔτε ἀργυροῦς πλοῦτος οὔτε χρυσοῦς Pl.''Lg.''801b; <b class="b3">ἀφανὴς πλοῦτος</b>, opp. [[γῆ]], Ar.''Ec.''602.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., πραπίδων πλοῦτος Emp.129.2; πλοῦτος τῆς σοφίας Pl.''Euthphr.''12a; <b class="b3">γᾶς πλοῦτος ἄβυσσος</b>, of the [[whole]] [[earth]], A.''Th.''948 (lyr.); πλοῦτον εἵματος κακόν Id.''Ag.''1383; ὁ ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ π. X.''Smp.''4.43, cf. 34, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> masc. pr. n. [[Plutus]], god of riches, Hes.''Th.''969; represented as blind, Timocr.8; ὁ δὲ Π. ἡμᾶς… τυφλοὺς ποιεῖ Antiph.259:—[[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[εὔπλουτον]] says that [[πλοῦτος]] originally meant [[wealth]] in [[corn]]. (Prob. from [[πλέω]] in an early sense '*[[flow]]', '*[[abound]]', as [[φόρτος]] from [[φέρω]].)εος, τό, = πλοῦτος, ὁ, ''2 Ep.Cor.''8.2, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in ''Ep.Rom.''9.23, ''Ep.Col.''1.27,2.2.