Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παμπληθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παμπληθής παμπληθές

Structure: παμπληθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: plh=qos

Sense

  1. of or with the whole multitude
  2. very numerous. multitudinous
  3. entirely

Examples

  • ἔπειτ’ ἐκεῖν’ ἀγνοεῖν φήσομεν, ὅτι τὴν ἀξίαν, ὅταν διδῶμεν, δεῖ σκοπεῖν, οὐ μετὰ ταῦθ’ ὕστερον χρόνῳ παμπληθεῖ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 75:3)
  • διαβὰσ δὲ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ἐπορεύετο διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐθνῶν ὧνπερ ὁ Πέρσησ τῷ παμπληθεῖ στόλῳ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 2:1)
  • ἐλθόντων μὲν γὰρ Περσῶν καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτοῖσ παμπληθεῖ στόλῳ ὡσ ἀφανιούντων τὰσ Ἀθήνασ, ὑποστῆναι αὐτοὶ Ἀθηναῖοι τολμήσαντεσ ἐνίκησαν αὐτούσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or with the whole multitude

  2. very numerous

  3. entirely

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

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