πλοῦτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wealth, riches</b>, ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν <span class="bibl">Il.1.171</span>; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε <span class="bibl">16.596</span>; π. ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.53</span>; opp. <b class="b3">πενία</b>, <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 <b class="b2">treasures</b>, <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">π. ἀργύρου, χρυσοῦ</b>, <b class="b2">treasure</b> of silver or gold, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.ά, <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>34.1; οὔτε ἀργυροῦς π.οὔτε χρυσοῦς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>801b</span>; <b class="b3">ἀφανὴς π</b>., opp. <b class="b3">γῆ</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>602</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., πραπίδων π. <span class="bibl">Emp.129.2</span>; π. τῆς σοφίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>12a</span>; <b class="b3">γᾶς π. 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> masc. pr. n. <b class="b2">Plutus</b>, 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. s.v. [[εὔπλουτον]] says that <b class="b3">π</b>. originally meant wealth in corn. (Prob. from <b class="b3">πλέω</b> in an early sense '*flow', '*abound', as <b class="b3">φόρτος</b> from <b class="b3">φέρω</b>.) </span><br /><span class="bld">πλοῦτος</span>, εος, τό, = <b class="b3">πλοῦτος, ὁ,</b> <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>8.2</span>, 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>.