Πληθώρα

plethora, satiety

Translated by Catharine Roth26 Nov 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 18 words

[Meaning] fullness.¹
Also [sc. attested is the related verb, as in], "the Nile is full ([meaning] is filled)".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πληθώρα· ἡ πλησμονή. καί, πληθωρεῖται [πληθύνεται] ὁ Νεῖλος.

Betacode

*plhqw/ra: h( plhsmonh/. kai/, plhqwrei=tai [plhqu/netai] o( *nei=los.

Notes (2)

1cf. ps.-Herodian 110 (also ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon). ↩
2plhqwrei=tai: cf. epsilon 3309, and the Life of Pythagoras in Photius, Bibliotheca 441b5. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π1745Πλήθουσα ἀγοράfull agora π1746ΠλήθωI am full π1747Πληθώραplethora, satiety π1748Πληθύουσινbecoming full, growing π1749ΠληϊάςPleiad

Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Jul 2014

5 Jul 2014coding — Catharine Roth
6 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
27 Nov 2011more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Nov 2011Translated — Catharine Roth