πλοῦτος: Difference between revisions

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