πλοῦτος, ὁ,
wealth, riches, ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.171; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε 16.596; π. ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.53 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to πενία, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 421d; ἀνατετροφέναι πλοῦτον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.131: _plural_, τῶν γὰρ π. ὁδ᾽ ἄριστος ] Refs 5th c.BC+]treasures, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 137 (_anapaest meter_); πλούτοις καὶ πενίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618b; γένη καὶ πλοῦτοι [prev. author] “Grg.” 523c, compare “Prt.” 354b, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] with genitive _of things_, π. ἀργύρου, χρυσοῦ, treasure of silver or gold, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.ά, “Anacreontea” 34.1; οὔτε ἀργυροῦς π.οὔτε χρυσοῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 801b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφανὴς π., opposed to γῆ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 602. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, πραπίδων π. [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 129.2; π. τῆς σοφίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 12a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γᾶς π. ἄβυσσος, of the whole earth, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 948 (Lyric poetry); πλοῦτον εἵματος κακόν [prev. author] “Ag.” 1383; ὁ ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.43, compare 34, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II masculine proper name Plutus, god of riches, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 969 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; represented as blind, [[ 5th c.BC: Timocreon Lyricus 8; ὁ δὲ Π. ἡμᾶς.. τυφλοὺς ποιεῖ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 259:— 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {εὔπλουτον} says that π. originally meant wealth in corn. (Prob. from πλέω in an early sense '*flow', '*abound', as φόρτος from φέρω.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]