πληθώρη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a stem related to πληθῡ́ς (plēthū́s, “crowd; populace, majority”) and πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) with the suffix -η (-ē, forming nominals), perhaps continuing Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁-dʰ(h₁)-(w)ōr. Compare Latin plēbs (“crowd; populace, people, folk”).

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Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plɛː.tʰɔ̌ː.rɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ple̝ˈtʰo.re̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pliˈθo.ri/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pliˈθo.ri/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈθo.ri/

Noun

πληθώρη • (plēthṓrē) f (genitive πληθώρης); first declension

fullness
(medicine) generation of blood or humors by the body

Descendants

→ Late Latin: plēthōra (learned)
- → English: plethora

References

“πληθώρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πληθώρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers