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πλοῦτος

ploutos

wealth, riches

Appears 82 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πλοῦτος, ὁ, A. wealth, riches, ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν Il. 1.171; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε 16.596; π. ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Pi. O. 2.53; opp. πενία, Pl. R. 421d; ἀνατετροφέναι πλοῦτον And. 1.131: pl., τῶν γὰρ π. ὁδʼ ἄριστος treasures, E. Fr. 137 (anap.); πλούτοις καὶ πενίαις Pl. R. 618b; γένη καὶ πλοῦτοι Id. Grg. 523c, cf. Prt. 354b, etc.: c. gen. rei, π. ἀργύρου, χρυσοῦ, treasure of silver or gold, Hdt. 2.121.αʹ, Anacreont. 34.1; οὔτε ἀργυροῦς π. οὔτε χρυσοῦς Pl. Lg. 801b; ἀφανὴς π., opp. γῆ, Ar. Ec. 602. 2. metaph., πραπίδων π. Emp. 129.2; π. τῆς σοφίας Pl. Euthphr. 12a; γᾶς π. ἄβυσσος, of the whole earth, A. Th. 948 (lyr.); πλοῦτον εἵματος κακόν Id. Ag. 1383; ὁ ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ π. X. Smp. 4.43, cf. 34, etc. II. masc. pr. n. Plutus, god of riches, Hes. Th. 969; represented as blind, Timocr. 8; ὁ δὲ Π. ἡμᾶς . . τυφλοὺς ποιεῖ Antiph. 259:—Hsch. s.v. εὔπλουτον says that π. originally meant wealth in corn. (Prob. from πλέω in an early sense ʼ*flow’, ʼ*abound’, as φόρτος from φέρω.)
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