Πλούτων

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English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ,

   A Pluto, god of the nether world, first in Trag., as A.Pr.806, S.Ant.1200, E.Alc.360, HF808 (lyr.): acc. to Plato (from πλοῦτος) the wealth-giver, a name of Hades, ὅτι ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνίεται [ὁ πλοῦτος], Cra.403a, cf. πλουτοδότης; identified with Plutus, and considered as the god of riches, cf. S.Fr.273, Ar.Pl.727:—hence Πλουτώνιος, α, ον, of or belonging to Pluto;