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πλῆθος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλῆθος πλήθεος

Structure: πληθο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pi/mplhmi

Sense

  1. a large number of things, a great number
  2. majority, main portion
  3. something of large size or magnitude
  4. specifically: a large group of people: crowd, multitude, throng, mob
  5. populace, people, general public

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὰσ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ γενομένασ ἐπιφανείασ τοῖσ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰουδαϊσμοῦ φιλοτίμωσ ἀνδραγαθήσασιν, ὥστε τὴν ὅλην χώραν ὀλίγουσ ὄντασ λεηλατεῖν καὶ τὰ βάρβαρα πλήθη διώκειν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 2:21)
  • καὶ ἴλασ ἵππων διατεταγμένασ καὶ προσβολὰσ γινομένασ καὶ καταδρομὰσ ἑκατέρων καὶ ἀσπίδων κινήσεισ καὶ καμάκων πλήθη καὶ μαχαιρῶν σπασμοὺσ καὶ βελῶν βολὰσ καὶ χρυσῶν κόσμων ἐκλάμψεισ καὶ παντοίουσ θωρακισμούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:3)
  • καὶ τοὺσ ἐξελθόντασ πάντασ ἐπὶ τὴν θεωρίαν συνεξεκέντησε καὶ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν σὺν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ εἰσδραμὼν ἱκανὰ κατέστρωσε πλήθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:26)
  • μετὰ δὲ τὴν τούτων τροπὴν καὶ ἀπώλειαν ἐπεστράτευσεν Ἰούδασ καὶ ἐπὶ Ἐφρὼν πόλιν ὀχυράν, ἐν ᾗ κατῴκει Λυσίασ καὶ πάμφυλα πλήθη. νεανίαι δὲ πρὸ τῶν τειχῶν καθεστῶτεσ ρωμαλέοι ἀπεμάχοντο εὐρώστωσ, ἔνθα δὲ ὀργάνων καὶ βελῶν πολλαὶ παραθέσεισ ὑπῆρχον (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:27)
  • τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν πλήθη συνήθροιστο πρὸσ τὴν οἰκτροτάτην θεωρίαν, προσδοκῶντα τὴν πρωί̈αν μετὰ σπουδῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:24)

Synonyms

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