πλοῦτος

A. wealth, riches, ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν Il. 1.171; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε 16.596; π. ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Pi. O. 2.53; opp. πενία, Pl. R. 421d; ἀνατετροφέναι πλοῦτον And. 1.131: pl., τῶν γὰρ π. ὁδ’ ἄριστος treasures, E. Fr. 137 (anap.); πλούτοις καὶ πενίαις Pl. R. 618b; γένη καὶ πλοῦτοι Id. Grg. 523c, cf. Prt. 354b, etc.: c. gen. rei, π. ἀργύρου, χρυσοῦ, treasure of silver or gold, Hdt. 2.121.ά, Anacreont. 34.1; οὔτε ἀργυροῦς π.οὔτε χρυσοῦς Pl. Lg. 801b; ἀφανὴς π., opp. γῆ, Ar. Ec. 602.

2. metaph., πραπίδων π. Emp. 129.2; π. τῆς σοφίας Pl. Euthphr. 12a; γᾶς π. ἄβυσσος, of the whole earth, A. Th. 948 (lyr.); πλοῦτον εἵματος κακόν Id. Ag. 1383; ὁ ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ π. X. Smp. 4.43, cf. 34, etc.

II. masc. pr. n. Plutus, god of riches, Hes. Th. 969; represented as blind, Timocr. 8; ὁ δὲ Π. ἡμᾶς . . τυφλοὺς ποιεῖ Antiph. 259:—Hsch. s.v. εὔπλουτον says that π. originally meant wealth in corn. (Prob. from πλέω in an early sense '*flow', '*abound', as φόρτος from φέρω.)