νεόπλουτος

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English (LSJ)

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   A newly become rich, opp. ἀρχαιόπλουτος (q.v.): hence, vainglorious, upstart, D.17.23, cf. Arg.D.17, Arist.Rh.1387a23; οἰκέτης ν. Luc.Hist.Conscr.20; ἀπελεύθερος ν. Plu.2.634c; ν. δεῖπνα Id.Luc.40: hence, by a comic metaph., ν. τρύξ, of a low upstart, Ar.V.1309.