"πλῆθος" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /plɛ̂ː.tʰos/, /ˈpli.θos/, /ˈpli.θos/, /plɛ̂ː.tʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈple̝.tʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpli.θos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpli.θos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpli.θos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From πλήθω (plḗthō, “to fill”), the intransitive counterpart of πίμπλημι (pímplēmi). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}, {{m|grc|πλήθω||to fill}} πλήθω (plḗthō, “to fill”), {{m|grc|πίμπλημι}} πίμπλημι (pímplēmi) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πλήθεος|n|third|gen2=πλήθους}} πλῆθος • (plêthos) n (genitive πλήθεος or πλήθους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πλῆθος|πλήθους|dial=att|form=N}} Forms: plêthos [romanization], πλήθεος [genitive], πλήθους [genitive], Arcadocypriot [Doric], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ πλῆθος [nominative, singular], τὼ πλήθει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ πλήθη [nominative, plural], τοῦ πλήθους [genitive, singular], τοῖν πληθοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν πληθῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ πλήθει [dative, singular], τοῖν πληθοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς πλήθεσῐ [dative, plural], πλήθεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs plḗthesi [dative, plural], toîs plḗthesin [dative, plural], τὸ πλῆθος [accusative, singular], τὼ πλήθει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ πλήθη [accusative, plural], πλῆθος [singular, vocative], πλήθει [dual, vocative], πλήθη [plural, vocative]
  1. a large number of things, a great number Tags: Attic, Doric
    Sense id: en-πλῆθος-grc-noun-04CLMkxP
  2. majority, main portion Tags: Attic, Doric
    Sense id: en-πλῆθος-grc-noun--kW6V7MF Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Arcadocypriot Greek, Attic Greek, Doric Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 11 11 11 23 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 5 16 12 11 14 21 21 Disambiguation of Arcadocypriot Greek: 4 17 13 10 13 22 22 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 1 18 13 10 16 20 22 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 7 13 13 9 9 25 25
  3. something of large size or magnitude Tags: Attic, Doric
    Sense id: en-πλῆθος-grc-noun-CTussVke Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Arcadocypriot Greek, Attic Greek, Doric Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 11 11 11 23 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 10 11 12 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 5 16 12 11 14 21 21 Disambiguation of Arcadocypriot Greek: 4 17 13 10 13 22 22 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 1 18 13 10 16 20 22 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 7 13 13 9 9 25 25
  4. specifically: a large group of people: crowd, multitude, throng, mob Tags: Attic, Doric
    Sense id: en-πλῆθος-grc-noun-ZE1olUO- Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Arcadocypriot Greek, Attic Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 11 11 11 23 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 10 11 12 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 5 16 12 11 14 21 21 Disambiguation of Arcadocypriot Greek: 4 17 13 10 13 22 22 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 1 18 13 10 16 20 22
  5. populace, people, general public Tags: Attic, Doric
    Sense id: en-πλῆθος-grc-noun-hrokEbLs Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Arcadocypriot Greek, Attic Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 11 11 11 23 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 10 11 12 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 5 16 12 11 14 21 21 Disambiguation of Arcadocypriot Greek: 4 17 13 10 13 22 22 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 1 18 13 10 16 20 22
  6. magnitude, size, extent
    amount, quantity
    Tags: Attic, Doric
    Sense id: en-πλῆθος-grc-noun-r5AwNGDB Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Arcadocypriot Greek, Attic Greek, Doric Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 11 11 11 23 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 10 11 12 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 5 16 12 11 14 21 21 Disambiguation of Arcadocypriot Greek: 4 17 13 10 13 22 22 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 1 18 13 10 16 20 22 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 7 13 13 9 9 25 25
  7. magnitude, size, extent
    (of time) length
    Tags: Attic, Doric
    Sense id: en-πλῆθος-grc-noun-yUhNDRkH Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Arcadocypriot Greek, Attic Greek, Doric Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 11 11 11 23 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 10 11 12 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 5 16 12 11 14 21 21 Disambiguation of Arcadocypriot Greek: 4 17 13 10 13 22 22 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 1 18 13 10 16 20 22 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 7 13 13 9 9 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πληθῡ́ς (plēthū́s) [Ionic], Epic, πλᾶθος (plâthos) (english: Tragic), pseudo-Doric, πλεῖθος (pleîthos) [Boeotian]

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          "english": "being greatest in number and loftiest in height of mountains",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories",
          "roman": "eòn oréōn kaì plḗtheï mégiston kaì megátheï hupsēlótaton.",
          "text": "ἐὸν ὀρέων καὶ πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον."
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          "english": "[they] sat as suppliants in the temple because of the quantity of the fine, [praying] that they could pay it in installments",
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          "roman": "pròs tà hierà hiketôn kathezoménōn dià plêthos tês zēmías, hópōs taxámenoi apodôsin",
          "text": "πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ ἱκετῶν καθεζομένων διὰ πλῆθος τῆς ζημίας, ὅπως ταξάμενοι ἀποδῶσιν"
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          "english": "the events before them and the events from a longer time ago were impossible to clearly determine because of the length of time",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.1.3",
          "roman": "tà gàr prò autôn kaì tà éti palaítera saphôs mèn heureîn dià khrónou plêthos adúnata ên",
          "text": "τὰ γὰρ πρὸ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔτι παλαίτερα σαφῶς μὲν εὑρεῖν διὰ χρόνου πλῆθος ἀδύνατα ἦν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "magnitude, size, extent",
        "length"
      ],
      "id": "en-πλῆθος-grc-noun-yUhNDRkH",
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        [
          "magnitude",
          "magnitude"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "magnitude, size, extent",
        "(of time) length"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plɛ̂ː.tʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/plɛ̂ː.tʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈple̝.tʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "πληθῡ́ς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Epic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "plâthos",
      "word": "πλᾶθος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pseudo-Doric"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pleîthos",
      "tags": [
        "Boeotian"
      ],
      "word": "πλεῖθος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πλῆθος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₁-",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Arcadocypriot Greek",
    "Attic Greek",
    "Doric Greek"
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          "expansion": "Greek: πλήθος (plíthos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "name": "root"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to fill"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From πλήθω (plḗthō, “to fill”), the intransitive counterpart of πίμπλημι (pímplēmi).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "πλήθεος",
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        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "πλήθους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "Arcadocypriot",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "Third declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
      "form": "τὸ πλῆθος",
      "roman": "tò plêthos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πλήθει",
      "roman": "tṑ plḗthei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πλήθη",
      "roman": "tà plḗthē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πλήθους",
      "roman": "toû plḗthous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πληθοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn plēthoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πληθῶν",
      "roman": "tôn plēthôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πλήθει",
      "roman": "tôi plḗthei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πληθοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn plēthoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "τοῖς πλήθεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλήθεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs plḗthesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs plḗthesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πλῆθος",
      "roman": "tò plêthos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πλήθει",
      "roman": "tṑ plḗthei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πλήθη",
      "roman": "tà plḗthē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλῆθος",
      "roman": "plêthos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλήθει",
      "roman": "plḗthei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλήθη",
      "roman": "plḗthē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "n",
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        "gen2": "πλήθους"
      },
      "expansion": "πλῆθος • (plêthos) n (genitive πλήθεος or πλήθους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
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    {
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        "1": "πλῆθος",
        "2": "πλήθους",
        "dial": "att",
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    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a large number of things, a great number"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "majority, main portion"
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      "links": [
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          "majority"
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        "Attic",
        "Doric"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something of large size or magnitude"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "specifically: a large group of people: crowd, multitude, throng, mob"
      ],
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          "crowd"
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        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
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          "throng",
          "throng"
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        [
          "mob",
          "mob"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "populace, people, general public"
      ],
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          "populace"
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          "people"
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      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "being greatest in number and loftiest in height of mountains",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories",
          "roman": "eòn oréōn kaì plḗtheï mégiston kaì megátheï hupsēlótaton.",
          "text": "ἐὸν ὀρέων καὶ πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον."
        },
        {
          "english": "[they] sat as suppliants in the temple because of the quantity of the fine, [praying] that they could pay it in installments",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 3 70.5",
          "roman": "pròs tà hierà hiketôn kathezoménōn dià plêthos tês zēmías, hópōs taxámenoi apodôsin",
          "text": "πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ ἱκετῶν καθεζομένων διὰ πλῆθος τῆς ζημίας, ὅπως ταξάμενοι ἀποδῶσιν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "magnitude, size, extent",
        "amount, quantity"
      ],
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        [
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          "magnitude"
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        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the events before them and the events from a longer time ago were impossible to clearly determine because of the length of time",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.1.3",
          "roman": "tà gàr prò autôn kaì tà éti palaítera saphôs mèn heureîn dià khrónou plêthos adúnata ên",
          "text": "τὰ γὰρ πρὸ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔτι παλαίτερα σαφῶς μὲν εὑρεῖν διὰ χρόνου πλῆθος ἀδύνατα ἦν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "magnitude, size, extent",
        "length"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magnitude",
          "magnitude"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "magnitude, size, extent",
        "(of time) length"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plɛ̂ː.tʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/plɛ̂ː.tʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈple̝.tʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.θos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "plēthū́s",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "πληθῡ́ς"
    },
    {
      "word": "Epic"
    },
    {
      "english": "Tragic",
      "roman": "plâthos",
      "word": "πλᾶθος"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudo-Doric"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pleîthos",
      "tags": [
        "Boeotian"
      ],
      "word": "πλεῖθος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πλῆθος"
}

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