Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεόπλουτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεόπλουτος νεόπλουτον

Structure: νεοπλουτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. newly become rich, upstart, nouveau riche)

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα μᾶλλον λυποῦσιν οἱ νεόπλουτοι ἄρχοντεσ διὰ τὸν πλοῦτον ἢ οἱ ἀρχαιόπλουτοι. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 9 9:5)
  • ὃ καὶ ὑβριστικώτατον συμβέβηκεν, εἰ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι Ἕλληνεσ καὶ βάρβαροι ἅπαντεσ τὴν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἔχθραν φοβοῦνται, οὗτοι δ’ οἱ νεόπλουτοι μόνοι καταφρονεῖν ὑμᾶσ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀναγκάζουσι, τὰ μὲν πείθοντεσ, τὰ δὲ βιαζόμενοι, ὥσπερ ἐν Ἀβδηρίταισ ἢ Μαρωνείταισ, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐν Ἀθηναίοισ πολιτευόμενοι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 29:2)

Related

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

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