Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Noun
πλῆθος • (plêthos) n (genitive πλήθεος or πλήθους); third declension (Attic, Doric, Arcadocypriot)
- a large number of things, a great number
- majority, main portion
- something of large size or magnitude
- specifically: a large group of people: crowd, multitude, throng, mob
- populace, people, general public
Inflection
Third declension of
τὸ πλῆθος;
τοῦ πλήθεος (Uncontracted)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
τὸ πλῆθος
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τὼ πλήθεε
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τᾰ̀ πλήθεᾰ
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| Genitive |
τοῦ πλήθεος
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τοῖν πληθέοιν
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τῶν πληθέων
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| Dative |
τῷ πλήθεῐ̈
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τοῖν πληθέοιν
|
τοῖς πλήθεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὸ πλῆθος
|
τὼ πλήθεε
|
τᾰ̀ πλήθεᾰ
|
| Vocative |
πλῆθος
|
πλήθεε
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πλήθεᾰ
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| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Third declension of
τὸ πλῆθος;
τοῦ πλήθους (Contracted)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
τὸ πλῆθος
|
τὼ πλήθει
|
τᾰ̀ πλήθη
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ πλήθους
|
τοῖν πληθοῖν
|
τῶν πληθῶν
|
| Dative |
τῷ πλήθει
|
τοῖν πληθοῖν
|
τοῖς πλήθεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὸ πλῆθος
|
τὼ πλήθει
|
τᾰ̀ πλήθη
|
| Vocative |
πλῆθος
|
πλήθει
|
πλήθη
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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References
- πλῆθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλῆθος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλῆθος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «πλῆθος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- «πλῆθος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πλῆθος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “G4128”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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abundance idem, page 4.
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accumulation idem, page 7.
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amount idem, page 28.
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assortment idem, page 47.
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batch idem, page 65.
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bulk idem, page 103.
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common idem, page 148.
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commons idem, page 148.
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copiousness idem, page 173.
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crowd idem, page 186.
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degree idem, page 206.
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dimension idem, page 225.
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extent idem, page 296.
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exuberance idem, page 298.
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fulness idem, page 349.
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greatness idem, page 372.
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heap idem, page 391.
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herd idem, page 397.
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immensity idem, page 418.
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largeness idem, page 477.
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lavishness idem, page 479.
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length idem, page 485.
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magnitude idem, page 507.
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mass idem, page 516.
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mob idem, page 537.
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multiplicity idem, page 546.
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multitude idem, page 546.
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number idem, page 563.
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people idem, page 604.
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plenty idem, page 620.
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populace idem, page 626.
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population idem, page 626.
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press idem, page 637.
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profuseness idem, page 653.
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proletariat idem, page 653.
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quantity idem, page 663.
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rabble idem, page 667.
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size idem, page 780.
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space idem, page 797.
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store idem, page 820.
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strength idem, page 824.
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sum idem, page 837.
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tale idem, page 854.
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throng idem, page 870.
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vastness idem, page 945.
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vulgar idem, page 958.
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wealth idem, page 970.