# 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: /plûː.tos/ → /ˈplu.tos/ → /ˈplu.tos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /plûː.tos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈplu.tos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈplu.tos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈplu.tos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈplu.tos/

### Noun

πλοῦτος • (ploûtos) m or n (genitive πλούτου or πλούτους, variously declined); second declension, third declension
* 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 […] πλούτουςpolloì oûn,” ê d’ hós, “psukhàs ponēràs ékhontes ēmphiesménoi eisì […] ploútous“Now many,” said he, “who have wicked souls are clad in […] wealth

#### Antonyms

* πενία (penía)

#### Derived terms

* ἁβρόπλουτος (habróploutos)
* ᾰ̓́πλουτος (ắploutos)
* ἀρτίπλουτος (artíploutos)
* ἀρχαιόπλουτος (arkhaióploutos)
* βᾰθύπλουτος (băthúploutos)
* βᾰρύπλουτος (bărúploutos)
* ζάπλουτος (záploutos)
* καλλίπλουτος (kallíploutos)
* κᾰτᾰπλουτῐ́ζω (kătăploutĭ́zō)
* κᾰτᾰπλουτομᾰχέω (kătăploutomăkhéō)
* λᾰκκόπλουτος (lăkkóploutos)
* μεγᾰλόπλουτος (megălóploutos)
* μεσόπλουτος (mesóploutos)
* νεόπλουτος (neóploutos)
* ὀλβιόπλουτος (olbióploutos)
* πᾰλαιόπλουτος (pălaióploutos)
* πάμπλουτος (pámploutos)
* Πλούταρχος (Ploútarkhos)
* πλούταρχος (ploútarkhos)
* πλουτογᾱθής (ploutogāthḗs)
* πλουτοδότης (ploutodótēs)
* πλουτοκρᾰτέομαι (ploutokrătéomai)
* πλουτοποιός (ploutopoiós)
* πλουτοτρᾰφής (ploutotrăphḗs)
* πλουτοφόρος (ploutophóros)
* πλουτόχθων (ploutókhthōn)
* σαπρόπλουτος (sapróploutos)
* σῠοπλουτοσῠ́νη (sŭoploutosŭ́nē)
* ῠ̔πέρπλουτος (hŭpérploutos)
* ῠ̔πόπλουτος (hŭpóploutos)
* φῐλόπλουτος (phĭlóploutos)
* 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 (ploutĭ́zō, “to make rich, enrich”)
* πλουτίνδην (ploutíndēn, “according to property”)
* Πλοῦτος (Ploûtos)
* Πλούτων (Ploútōn)

#### Descendants

* Greek: πλούτος (ploútos)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλοῦτος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1211-2

### 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, 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.