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νεόπλουτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεόπλουτος νεόπλουτον

Structure: νεοπλουτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. newly become rich, upstart, nouveau riche)

Examples

  • τραφεὶσ γὰρ ἐν ἤθεσιν ὑπὸ τυράννῳ ταπεινοῖσ, καὶ βίου μὲν ἀνίσου καὶ καταφόβου, θεραπείασ δὲ νεοπλούτου καὶ τρυφῆσ ἀπειροκάλου καὶ διαίτησ ἐν ἡδοναῖσ καὶ πλεονεξίαισ τιθεμένησ τὸ καλὸν ἐθὰσ καὶ μεστὸσ γενόμενοσ, ὡσ πρῶτον ἐγεύσατο λόγου καὶ φιλοσοφίασ ἡγεμονικῆσ πρὸσ ἀρετήν, ἀνεφλέχθη τὴν ψυχὴν ταχύ, καὶ τῇ περὶ αὐτὸν εὐπειθείᾳ τῶν καλῶν ἀκάκωσ πάνυ καὶ νεωτερικῶσ προσδοκήσασ ὑπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν λόγων ὅμοια πείσεσθαι Διονύσιον, ἐσπούδασε καὶ διεπράξατο ποιησάμενοσ σχολὴν αὐτὸν ἐντυχεῖν Πλάτωνι καὶ ἀκοῦσαι. (Plutarch, Dion, chapter 4 3:1)

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

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