πλοῦτος

See also: πλούτος and Πλοῦτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of πλέω (pléō, “to float, sail”) (perhaps in some early meaning of "flow" > "abound") with the suffix -τος (-tos); for the suffix, compare βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), νόστος (nóstos, “journey, return”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plûː.tos/ → /ˈplu.tos/ → /ˈplu.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plûː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tos/

Noun

πλοῦτος • (ploûtos) m or n (genitive πλούτου or πλούτους, variously declined); second declension, third declension

1. wealth, riches

   Synonym: ἄφενος (áphenos)

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.171:

     οὐδέ σ’ ὀΐω […] ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν.

     oudé s’ oḯō […] áphenos kaì ploûton aphúxein.

     nor do I intend […] to pile up riches and wealth for you.

   • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 523c:

     πολλοὶ οὖν,” ἦ δ’ ὅς, “ψυχὰς πονηρὰς ἔχοντες ἠμφιεσμένοι εἰσὶ […] πλούτους

     polloì oûn,” ê d’ hós, “psukhàs ponēràs ékhontes ēmphiesménoi eisì […] ploútous

     “Now many,” said he, “who have wicked souls are clad in […] wealth

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πλοῦτος; τοῦ πλούτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πλοῦτος ho ploûtos	τὼ πλούτω tṑ ploútō	οἱ πλοῦτοι hoi ploûtoi
Genitive	τοῦ πλούτου toû ploútou	τοῖν πλούτοιν toîn ploútoin	τῶν πλούτων tôn ploútōn
Dative	τῷ πλούτῳ tôi ploútōi	τοῖν πλούτοιν toîn ploútoin	τοῖς πλούτοις toîs ploútois
Accusative	τὸν πλοῦτον tòn ploûton	τὼ πλούτω tṑ ploútō	τοὺς πλούτους toùs ploútous
Vocative	πλοῦτε ploûte	πλούτω ploútō	πλοῦτοι ploûtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ πλοῦτος; τοῦ πλούτους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλοῦτος tò ploûtos	τὼ πλούτει tṑ ploútei	τᾰ̀ πλούτη tà ploútē
Genitive	τοῦ πλούτους toû ploútous	τοῖν πλουτοῖν toîn ploutoîn	τῶν πλουτῶν tôn ploutôn
Dative	τῷ πλούτει tôi ploútei	τοῖν πλουτοῖν toîn ploutoîn	τοῖς πλούτεσῐ / πλούτεσῐν toîs ploútesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλοῦτος tò ploûtos	τὼ πλούτει tṑ ploútei	τᾰ̀ πλούτη tà ploútē
Vocative	πλοῦτος ploûtos	πλούτει ploútei	πλούτη ploútē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• πενία (penía)

Derived terms

• ἁβρόπλουτος (habróploutos)
• ᾰ̓́πλουτος (áploutos)
• ἀρτίπλουτος (artíploutos)
• ἀρχαιόπλουτος (arkhaióploutos)
• βᾰθύπλουτος (bathúploutos)
• βᾰρύπλουτος (barúploutos)
• ζάπλουτος (záploutos)
• καλλίπλουτος (kallíploutos)
• κᾰτᾰπλουτῐ́ζω (kataploutízō)
• κᾰτᾰπλουτομᾰχέω (kataploutomakhéō)
• λᾰκκόπλουτος (lakkóploutos)
• μεγᾰλόπλουτος (megalóploutos)
• μεσόπλουτος (mesóploutos)
• νεόπλουτος (neóploutos)
• ὀλβιόπλουτος (olbióploutos)
• πᾰλαιόπλουτος (palaióploutos)
• πάμπλουτος (pámploutos)
• Πλούταρχος (Ploútarkhos)
• πλούταρχος (ploútarkhos)
• πλουτογᾱθής (ploutogāthḗs)
• πλουτοδότης (ploutodótēs)
• πλουτοκρᾰτέομαι (ploutokratéomai)
• πλουτοποιός (ploutopoiós)
• πλουτοτρᾰφής (ploutotraphḗs)
• πλουτοφόρος (ploutophóros)
• πλουτόχθων (ploutókhthōn)
• σαπρόπλουτος (sapróploutos)
• σῠοπλουτοσῠ́νη (suoploutosúnē)
• ῠ̔πέρπλουτος (hupérploutos)
• ῠ̔πόπλουτος (hupóploutos)
• φῐλόπλουτος (philóploutos)
• ψευδόπλουτος (pseudóploutos)

 

Related terms

• πλέω (pléō, “float, sail”)
• πλούσιος (ploúsios), πλουσιακός (plousiakós)
• πλούτᾱξ (ploútāx), πλούτᾱκος (ploútākos, “a rich fool”)
• Πλουτεύς (Plouteús)
• πλουτέω (ploutéō), πλουσιάω (plousiáō, “to be rich”)
• πλουτηρός (ploutērós)
• πλουτῐ́ζω (ploutízō, “to make rich, enrich”)
• πλουτίνδην (ploutíndēn, “according to property”)
• Πλοῦτος (Ploûtos)
• Πλούτων (Ploútōn)

Descendants

• Greek: πλούτος (ploútos)

Further reading

• “πλοῦτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλοῦτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πλοῦτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πλοῦτος 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
• πλοῦτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πλοῦτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G4149 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• πλοῦτος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affluence idem, page 17.
  • cash idem, page 116.
  • fortune idem, page 340.
  • luxury idem, page 506.
  • mammon idem, page 510.
  • money idem, page 539.
  • opulence idem, page 577.
  • pelf idem, page 602.
  • plutus idem, page 622.
  • riches idem, page 712.
  • treasure idem, page 891.
  • wealth idem, page 970.