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|Definition=aor. subj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πληθύσῃ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>83e</span>:—intr. form of <b class="b3">πληθύνω</b>, <b class="b2">to be</b> or <b class="b2">become full</b>, c. gen., νεκρῶν π. πέδον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1172</span>; ἡ πόλις π. ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1270a39</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος πληθύουσα τροφή</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1336a7</span>: c. dat., πληθύοι αὐτῷ οἶκος παίδων γοναῖς <span class="title">IG</span>12(9).1179.38 (Euboea, ii A.D.): abs., <b class="b3">ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης</b>, v. [[ἀγορά]] IV; ὁ δῆμος ὁ Ἀθηναίων πληθύων <span class="title">IG</span>12.114.26,al., cf. <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 412 (Elis); of rivers, <b class="b2">swell, rise</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.19</span>,<span class="bibl">20</span>, etc.:—Med., <b class="b3">ἐπεὰν πληθύεσθαι ἄρχηται ὁ Νεῖλος</b> (v.l. [[πλήθεσθαι]]) ib. <span class="bibl">93</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">increase in number, multiply</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1057</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>678b</span>; <b class="b2">increase in time</b>, ὁ πληθύων χρόνος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>930</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">φῦλον ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ -όμενον</b> <b class="b2">possessing multiplicity</b> in unity, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Myst.</span>1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">abound</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>405a</span>; τινι <b class="b2">in</b> a thing, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>54</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">increase, grow</b>, of the <b class="b3">σπέρμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1335a27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">spread, prevail</b>, ὡς ἐπλήθυον λόγοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>869</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ πληθύων λόγος</b> the <b class="b2">current</b> story, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>377</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">πληθύνω</b> is generally trans., <b class="b3">-ύω</b> intr.; but <b class="b3">πληθύω</b> is trans. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>718</span>, <b class="b3">κύναρος ἄκανθα πάντα πληθύει γύην</b>, and <b class="b3">πληθύομαι</b> is Pass. (in signf. <b class="b2">make multiple, 'plurify'</b>) in <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>125</span>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>139</span>: <b class="b3">πληθύνω</b> is intr. in later writers, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>351b7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>738a37</span> (in both places with v.l.), <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ex.</span>1.20</span>, al., v.l. in <span class="bibl">Nic.Dam.19</span> J., <span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>6.1, <span class="bibl">Hdn. 3.8.8</span>; and <b class="b3">πληθύομαι</b> is Med. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.93</span> (s.v.l., v. supr.), and in codd. of <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>604</span>; cf. συμπληθύω. [ἐπλήθῠον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>421</span>; πληθῡεται dub. in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>604</span>; quantity of υ elsewh. indeterminate.]</span>

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