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ἄπλουτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπλουτος

Structure: ἀπλουτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without riches

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ δυσειδὲσ σῶμα καὶ δυσώνυμον γλώσσῃ σοφὸν τίθησιν εὔμορφὸν τ’ ἰδεῖν ἀντιπαραθήσει πολλὰ τῶν Σοφοκλέουσ, ὧν καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐστὶ γένοιτο κἂν ἄπλουτοσ ἐν τιμαῖσ ἀνήρ οὐδὲν κακίων πτωχόσ, εἰ καλῶσ φρονεῖ καί ἀλλὰ τῶν πολλῶν καλῶν χαι τίσ χάρισ, εἰ κακόβουλοσ φροντὶσ ἐκτρέφει τὸν εὐαίωνα πλοῦτον; (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 4 40:2)

Synonyms

  1. without riches

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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