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πλῆθος 1 πίμπλημι

I.a great number, a throng, crowd, multitude, Il., Hdt., etc.
2.τὸ πλῆθος, the greater number, the greater part, the mass, main body, Hdt., Xen., etc.:— the majority, the people, like δῆμος, Lat. plebs, Hdt., attic: —also the populace, mob, Xen.
II.quantity or number, Hdt., attic; πλήθει παρόντες in force, Thuc.: —absol. in acc., κόσοι πλῆθος Hdt.; πλῆθος ἀνάριθμοι Aesch.
III.magnitude, size or extent, ὄρος πλήθεϊ μέγιστον Hdt.; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον id=Hdt., etc.
2.quantity or amount, Thuc., Plat., etc.
IV.of Time, length, Thuc., etc.
V.with Preps., or with ὡς, in adv. sense, ἐς πλ. in great numbers, id=Thuc.: —ὡς πλήθει upon the whole, in general, Plat.; so, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλ. usually, mostly, Lat. ut plurimum, id=Plat.

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