Πλούταρχος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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πλοῦτος (ploûtos, riches; Pluto) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, ruler)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Πλούταρχος (Ploútarkhosm (genitive Πλουτάρχου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to Greek Πλούταρχος (Ploútarchos), Latin Plūtarchus, or English Plutarch
  2. Plutarch of Chaeronea, full name Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος (Loúkios Méstrios Ploútarkhos), romanized Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus, lived ca. 46–120 C.E.. A celebrated Graeco-Roman philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi; best known for writing his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a biographical series commonly referred to as Plutarch's Parallel Lives.

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022

Greek

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Proper noun

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Πλούταρχος (Ploútarchosm (plural Ploútarchos)

  1. Plutarch (46–120 AD) Greek historian, biographer and essayist.

Declension

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