πληθ-ύς, ύος, ἡ,
Epic dialect dative πληθυῖ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.458, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.514, 16.105:] Refs 8th c.BC+] — _Ionic dialect_ for πλῆθος, throng, crowd, of people, Hom.[same places]; ={δῆμος}, [[ “Leg.Gort.” 6.52] Refs]; majority, πληθὺν δὲ νικῆν [[ “IG” 9(1).333.18 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: as Noun of multitude with plural Verb, ὣς φάσαν ἡ π. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.278: in later Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 366b, LXX.3Mac.4.17; τῆς στρατιᾶς τὴν π. συχνήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 39, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 15, etc.] LXX+8th c.BC+]; = Latin plebs, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.16, etc. [ῡ in _nominative_ and _accusative_ _sing._, in other cases ῠ.] ] Refs 1st c.BC+]