- πληθύω
- πληθ-ύω, [tense] aor. subj.A
πληθύσῃ Pl.Ti.83e
:—intr. form of πληθύνω, to be or become full, c. gen.,νεκρῶν π. πέδον E.HF1172
;ἡ πόλις π. ἀνδρῶν Arist.Pol.1270a39
; ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος πληθύουσα τροφή ib.1336a7: c. dat.,πληθύοι αὐτῷ οἶκος παίδων γοναῖς IG12(9).1179.38
(Euboea, ii A.D.): abs., ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης, v. ἀγορά IV;ὁ δῆμος ὁ Ἀθηναίων πληθύων IG12.114.26
,al., cf. Schwyzer 412 ([place name] Elis); of rivers, swell, rise, Hdt.2.19,20, etc.:—[voice] Med., ἐπεὰν πληθύεσθαι ἄρχηται ὁ Νεῖλος (v.l. πλήθεσθαι) ib. 93.2 increase in number, multiply, A.Ch.1057, Pl.Lg.678b; increase in time,ὁ πληθύων χρόνος S.OC930
:—[voice] Med., φῦλον ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ -όμενον possessing multiplicity in unity, Iamb.Myst.1.6.3 abound, Pl.R.405a; τινι in a thing, S.Tr.54.4 increase, grow, of the σπέρμα, Arist.Pol.1335a27.5 spread, prevail,ὡς ἐπλήθυον λόγοι A.Ag.869
; ὁ πληθύων λόγος the current story, S.OC377.II πληθύνω is generally trans., -ύω intr.; but πληθύω is trans. in S.Fr.718, κύναρος ἄκανθα πάντα πληθύει γύην, and πληθύομαι is [voice] Pass. (in signf. make multiple, 'plurify') in Procl.Inst.125, Dam.Pr.139: πληθύνω is intr. in later writers, Arist.Mete.351b7, GA738a37 (in both places with v.l.), LXXEx.1.20, al., v.l. in Nic.Dam.19 J., Act.Ap.6.1, Hdn. 3.8.8; and πληθύομαι is [voice] Med. in Hdt.2.93 (s.v.l., v. supr.), and in codd. of A.Supp.604; cf.συμπληθύω. [ἐπλήθῠον A.Pers.421
; πληθῡεται dub. in Id.Supp.604; quantity of υ elsewh. indeterminate.]
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