πλοῦτος

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. ὁδ' 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.ά, 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 '*flow', '*abound', as φόρτος from φέρω.)

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πλοῦτος, εος, τό, = πλοῦτος, ὁ, 2 Ep.Cor.8.2, v.l. in Ep.Rom.9.23, Ep.Col.1.27,2.2.