πληθύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁-dʰ-uh₁, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Related to πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill”). Cognate with Latin plēbēs, older form of plēbs.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛː.tʰy̌ːs/ → /pliˈθys/ → /pliˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plɛː.tʰy̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ple̝ˈtʰys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pliˈθys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pliˈθys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈθis/

Noun

πληθῡ́ς • (plēthū́s) f (genitive πληθῠ́ος); third declension

1. Ionic and Epic form of πλῆθος (plêthos, “throng, crowd; majority”)

Inflection

Third declension of πληθῡ́ς; πληθῠ́ος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	πληθῡ́ς plēthū́s
Genitive	πληθῠ́ος plēthúos
Dative	πληθῠ́ῐ̈ / πληθυῖ plēthúï / plēthuî
Accusative	πληθῡ́ν plēthū́n
Vocative	πληθῡ́ plēthū́
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “πληθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πληθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πληθύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πληθύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πληθύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963