A.“πληθυῖ” Il.22.458, Od.11.514, 16.105:—Ion. for πλῆθος, throng, crowd, of people, Hom.ll. cc.; = δῆμος, Leg.Gort. 6.52; majority, “πληθὺν δὲ νικῆν” IG9(1).333.18 (Locr., v B.C.): as Noun of multitude with pl. Verb, “ὣς φάσαν ἡ π.” Il.2.278: in later Prose, Pl.Ax. 366b, LXX 3 Ma.4.17; “τῆς στρατιᾶς τὴν π. συχνήν” Plu.Pomp.39, cf. Luc. Cont.15, etc.; = Lat. plebs, D.H.7.16, etc. [υ_ in nom. and acc. sg., in other cases υ^.]
πληθ-ύς , ύος, ἡ, Ep. dat.