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πλήθ-ω , poet. pf. (in pres. sense)
A.πέπληθαPherecr.29, Herod.7.84, Theoc.22. 38, etc.: plpf. “ἐπεπλήθειA.R.3.271:—intr. form of πίμπλημι, mostly in pres. part., to be full,πλήθει . . νεκύων ἐρατεινὰ ῥέεθραIl.21.218; “ναῦς . . ἀνδρῶν πληθούσαςSimon.142.7; “θάλασσα . . ναυαγίων πλήθουσα καὶ φόνουA.Pers.420, cf. 272; χεῖρας κρεῶν πλήθοντες having them full of . . , Id.Ag.1220; “τὸ στεγύλλιον πέπληθε καλῶν ἔργωνHerod. l. c.: later c. dat., “κρήνην . . ὕδατι πεπληθυῖανTheoc. l. c.; “δόνακι πλήθοντα λιπὼν ῥόονCall.Fr.166, cf. AP6.63 (Damoch.); “πεπληθότα λύθρῳMaiist.25; but Ἄναυρος ὄμβρῳ χειμερίῳ πλήθων swollen with winter's rain, ὄμβρῳ being dat. of cause, Hes.Sc.478: abs., of rivers, “ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικώςIl.5.87; “ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε πλήθων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι11.492; of the full moon, “σελήνη πλήθουσα18.484, cf. Sapph.3: in Att. Prose only in the phrases ἀγορᾶς πληθούσης, ἐν ἀγορᾷ πληθούσῃ, etc., v. ἀγορά IV: πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς rarely = in a full assembly, SIG257.14 (Delph., iv B.C.).
II. trans. only in later Poets, AP14.7, Opp.C.1.126, Q.S.6.345:—Pass., A.R.3.1392, 4.564, AP5.232 (Maced.), Q.S.14.607; “πάσαις ἀρεταῖς πληθόμενον κραδίηνBCH50.44 (Thespiae, iv A.D.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1220
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 272
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 420
    • Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, 478
    • Homer, Iliad, 21.218
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.87
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.492
    • Homer, Iliad, 18.484
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.1392
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.271
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.564
    • Theocritus, Idylls, 22
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