πλῆθος
πλῆθος
πλῆθος, ος, εος, τό,
πίμπλημι
a great number, a throng, crowd, multitude, Il., Hdt., etc.
τὸ πλῆθος, the greater number, the greater part, the mass, main body, Hdt., Xen., etc.:— the majority, the people, like δῆμος, Lat. plebs, Hdt., Attic: —also the populace, mob, Xen.
quantity or number, Hdt., Attic; πλήθει παρόντες in force, Thuc.: —absol. in acc., κόσοι πλῆθος Hdt.; πλῆθος ἀνάριθμοι Aesch.
magnitude, size or extent, ὄρος πλήθεϊ μέγιστον Hdt.; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον Hdt., etc.
quantity or amount, Thuc., Plat., etc.
of Time, length, Thuc., etc.
with Preps., or with ὡς, in adv. sense, ἐς πλ. in great numbers, Thuc.: —ὡς πλήθει upon the whole, in general, Plat.; so, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλ. usually, mostly, Lat. ut plurimum, Plat.
Headword (normalized):
πλῆθος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πληθος
Intro Text:
πλῆθος
πλῆθος, ος, εος, τό,
πίμπλημι
a great number, a throng, crowd, multitude, Il., Hdt., etc.
τὸ πλῆθος, the greater number, the greater part, the mass, main body, Hdt., Xen., etc.:— the majority, the people, like δῆμος, Lat. plebs, Hdt., Attic: —also the populace, mob, Xen.
quantity or number, Hdt., Attic; πλήθει παρόντες in force, Thuc.: —absol. in acc., κόσοι πλῆθος Hdt.; πλῆθος ἀνάριθμοι Aesch.
magnitude, size or extent, ὄρος πλήθεϊ μέγιστον Hdt.; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον Hdt., etc.
quantity or amount, Thuc., Plat., etc.
of Time, length, Thuc., etc.
with Preps., or with ὡς, in adv. sense, ἐς πλ. in great numbers, Thuc.: —ὡς πλήθει upon the whole, in general, Plat.; so, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλ. usually, mostly, Lat. ut plurimum, Plat.
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