Strong G4128πλῆθος
multitude
- Transliteration
- plēthos
- Pronunciation
- play'-thos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4130; a fulness that is a large number throng populace: - bundle company multitude.
Detailed definition
πλῆθος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc.;]
1. a great number, a multitude;
__(a) of things : ἰχθύων, Luk.5:6, Jhn.21:6; φρυγάνων, Act.28:3; ἁμαρτιίῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; τ. πλήθει, in multitude, Heb.11:12;
__(b) of persons: Act.21:22 (WH, R, om.); with genitive, Luk.2:13, Jhn.5:3, Act.5:14; π. πολύ (πολὺ π.), Mrk.3:7-8; id. with genitive, Luk.6:17 23:27, Act.14:1 17:4
2. Of persons, with art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat., Thuc., Xen., al., = δῆμος, the commons, or-opposite to δῆμος-the populace): Act.2:6 15:30 19:9 23:7; τ. λαοῦ, Act.21:36; τ. πόλεως, Act.14:4; πᾶν τὸ π., Act.15:12; with genitive, Luk.1:10 8:37 19:37 23:1, Act.4:32 5:16 6:2, 5 25:24.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc.;]
1. a great number, a multitude;
__(a) of things : ἰχθύων, Luk.5:6, Jhn.21:6; φρυγάνων, Act.28:3; ἁμαρτιίῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; τ. πλήθει, in multitude, Heb.11:12;
__(b) of persons: Act.21:22 (WH, R, om.); with genitive, Luk.2:13, Jhn.5:3, Act.5:14; π. πολύ (πολὺ π.), Mrk.3:7-8; id. with genitive, Luk.6:17 23:27, Act.14:1 17:4
2. Of persons, with art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat., Thuc., Xen., al., = δῆμος, the commons, or-opposite to δῆμος-the populace): Act.2:6 15:30 19:9 23:7; τ. λαοῦ, Act.21:36; τ. πόλεως, Act.14:4; πᾶν τὸ π., Act.15:12; with genitive, Luk.1:10 8:37 19:37 23:1, Act.4:32 5:16 6:2, 5 25:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4128 appears in 32 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- multitude30
- a1
- bundle1
- company1
First verses
- Mark 3:7But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
- Mark 3:8And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
- Luke 1:10And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
- Luke 2:13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Luke 5:6And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
- Luke 6:17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
- Luke 8:37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
- Luke 19:37And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
- Luke 23:1And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
- Luke 23:27And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
- John 5:3In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
- John 21:6And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
- Acts 2:6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
- Acts 4:32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- Acts 5:14And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
- Acts 5:16There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
- Acts 6:2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
- Acts 6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
- Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
- Acts 14:4But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πλῆθος, εος, τό,
Doric dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 84.8, +others (Argive, found in Crete, 5th c.BC), “IG” 5(2).6.20 (Tegea, 4th c.BC), etc.)]; Boeotian dialect πλεῖθος [Refs ([prev. work]7.3171.46 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_))]; pseudo-Doric dialect and pseudo-Aeolic dialect πλᾶθος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“GDI” 5176.21 (from Crete), “IGRom.” 4.1302.18 (Cyme, 1st c.BC/ 1st c.AD), Hippodamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.1.93: (πλήθω,)] see at {πίμπλημι}):—great number, multitude, especially of people, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.330, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.49, etc.)]; στρατοῦ π., periphrastic for στρατὸς πολύς, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.73)]; ὡς πλήθει for the mass of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389d.)]
2 τὸ π. the greater number, the mass, main body, τὸ π. τοῦ στρατοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, compare 5.92)]; τὸ π. τῆς ψυχῆς the largest part of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689a)]: as Noun of Multitude with plural Verb, Ἀθηναίων τὸ π. οἴονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20)]; τὸ π. ἐψηφίσαντο πολεμεῖν the majority,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 125, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.20)]; τῷ π. by a majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC))]: hence, people, population, σμικρὸν τὸ π. τῆσδε γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 715.)]
2.b the commons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, etc.; ἡ τοῦ π. ἀρχή, δημοκρατία τοὔνομα κληθεῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 291d; ἐς τὸ π. φέρειν τὸ κράτος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81)]: frequently of the popular assembly, τὸ ὑμέτερον π., τὸ π. τὸ ὑμέτερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31c)]; Ἐρυθραίων τῷ π., Ἀθηναίων τοῦ π., [Refs (“IG” 12.10.21, 22)]; = Latin plebs, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.15.11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.71)]; also, association, corporation, or guild, τὸ π. τὸ Ἁλιαδᾶν [Refs (“IG” 12(1).155.6, 156.5 (from Rhodes))]; τὸ τῶν Πανιαστῶν π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IGRom.” 4.1680 (Pergam.); τὸ π. τῶν ἱερέων “OGI” 56.24 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC))]; π. τῶν ἁλιέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 5.498.2 (3rd c.BC))]; τὸ π. τῶν μαχαιροφόρων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 737 (Memphis, 2nd c.BC))]; opposed to αἱ ἀρχαί, οἱ ὀλίγοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.84)]; but also, populace, mob, opposed to δῆμος (commons), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 2.18, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.10: also in _plural_, πείθειν τὰ π.)] the masses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 452e, compare “Sph.” 268b; ὃ πᾶσι.. σωτήριον, μάλιστα δὲ τοῖς π. πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.24; φιλόσοφον.. π. ἀδύνατον εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494a.)]
II quantity or number, πόσον π. ἦν νεῶν Ἑλληνίδω; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 334; τῆς σῆς δυνάμεως τί φῂς π. εἶνα; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.6; ὅμιλος πλήθει φοβερώτατος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.98; ἰσχύϊ καὶ πλήθει προέχων [prev. author] 3.74; τῷ π. αὐτῶν καταπλαγέντες [prev. author] 4.10; πλήθεϊ πολλοί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.11, compare 6.44; σὺν πλήθει χερῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 123; πλήθει παρόντες)]in force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.22: _absolutely_ in _accusative_, κόσοι πλῆθος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153; πόσοι τὸ π.; 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.1; ἐρέται.. π. ἀνάριθμοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 40 (_anapaest meter_); π. ὡς δισχίλιοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.2; ἄπειρα τὸ π. [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.1.14; ἄπειρα καὶ π. καὶ σμικρότητα 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 1; π. τι πάμπολυ φθειρῶν “IG” 42(1).122.45, compare 32 (Epid., 4th c.BC).)]
III magnitude, size, or extent, [ὄρος] πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 204; ἡ ἐρῆμος.. ἐοῦσα πλῆθος ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων ὁδοῦ [prev. author] 4.123; π. χώρας καὶ ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.9.)]
III.2 in Attic dialect, of quantity or amount, διὰ π. τῆς ζημίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70; χρημάτων π. [prev. author] 1.9; διὰ πλῆθος οὐσίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1279a19; ταῦτα οὐδέν ἐστι πλήθει οὐδὲ μεγέθει πρὸς ἐκεῖνα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614a; μετὰ πλήθους ἱδρῶτος)]multa sudans, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ti.” 84e; τὸ π. τοῦ ῥεύματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.75.5)]; τὸ παρακείμενον π. the amount entered against each, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Ostr.Bodl.” i 252 (2nd c.BC))]; of money, τὸ ἴσον π. [Refs (“TAM” 2.526 (from Pinara))]: in plural, quantities, ἐμβρύων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 326; θαυμαστὸν ὅσ᾽ ἐστ᾽ ἀγαθῶν π. 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.51 (_anapaest meter_); οἰκοδομημάτων πλήθεσι ἢ μεγέθεσι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 52.30, compare 10.)]
III.3 more than enough, π. φέρειν [LXX (LXX.Exo.36.5.)]
III.4 plurality, opposed to ἕν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 45.)]
IV of Time, length, χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.180; π. ἐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 855; πλήθει πολλῶν μηνῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 722 (Lyric poetry).)]
V with Preps., or adverbs, ἐς π. in great numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14)]; κατὰ πλῆθος a large number at a time, [Refs (“IG” 12.6.112; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π.)]usually, mostly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 275b; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 786a35; κατὰ π. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67.)]
Doric dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 84.8, +others (Argive, found in Crete, 5th c.BC), “IG” 5(2).6.20 (Tegea, 4th c.BC), etc.)]; Boeotian dialect πλεῖθος [Refs ([prev. work]7.3171.46 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_))]; pseudo-Doric dialect and pseudo-Aeolic dialect πλᾶθος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“GDI” 5176.21 (from Crete), “IGRom.” 4.1302.18 (Cyme, 1st c.BC/ 1st c.AD), Hippodamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.1.93: (πλήθω,)] see at {πίμπλημι}):—great number, multitude, especially of people, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.330, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.49, etc.)]; στρατοῦ π., periphrastic for στρατὸς πολύς, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.73)]; ὡς πλήθει for the mass of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389d.)]
2 τὸ π. the greater number, the mass, main body, τὸ π. τοῦ στρατοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, compare 5.92)]; τὸ π. τῆς ψυχῆς the largest part of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689a)]: as Noun of Multitude with plural Verb, Ἀθηναίων τὸ π. οἴονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20)]; τὸ π. ἐψηφίσαντο πολεμεῖν the majority,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 125, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.20)]; τῷ π. by a majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC))]: hence, people, population, σμικρὸν τὸ π. τῆσδε γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 715.)]
2.b the commons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, etc.; ἡ τοῦ π. ἀρχή, δημοκρατία τοὔνομα κληθεῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 291d; ἐς τὸ π. φέρειν τὸ κράτος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81)]: frequently of the popular assembly, τὸ ὑμέτερον π., τὸ π. τὸ ὑμέτερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31c)]; Ἐρυθραίων τῷ π., Ἀθηναίων τοῦ π., [Refs (“IG” 12.10.21, 22)]; = Latin plebs, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.15.11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.71)]; also, association, corporation, or guild, τὸ π. τὸ Ἁλιαδᾶν [Refs (“IG” 12(1).155.6, 156.5 (from Rhodes))]; τὸ τῶν Πανιαστῶν π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IGRom.” 4.1680 (Pergam.); τὸ π. τῶν ἱερέων “OGI” 56.24 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC))]; π. τῶν ἁλιέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 5.498.2 (3rd c.BC))]; τὸ π. τῶν μαχαιροφόρων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 737 (Memphis, 2nd c.BC))]; opposed to αἱ ἀρχαί, οἱ ὀλίγοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.84)]; but also, populace, mob, opposed to δῆμος (commons), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 2.18, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.10: also in _plural_, πείθειν τὰ π.)] the masses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 452e, compare “Sph.” 268b; ὃ πᾶσι.. σωτήριον, μάλιστα δὲ τοῖς π. πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.24; φιλόσοφον.. π. ἀδύνατον εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494a.)]
II quantity or number, πόσον π. ἦν νεῶν Ἑλληνίδω; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 334; τῆς σῆς δυνάμεως τί φῂς π. εἶνα; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.6; ὅμιλος πλήθει φοβερώτατος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.98; ἰσχύϊ καὶ πλήθει προέχων [prev. author] 3.74; τῷ π. αὐτῶν καταπλαγέντες [prev. author] 4.10; πλήθεϊ πολλοί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.11, compare 6.44; σὺν πλήθει χερῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 123; πλήθει παρόντες)]in force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.22: _absolutely_ in _accusative_, κόσοι πλῆθος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153; πόσοι τὸ π.; 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.1; ἐρέται.. π. ἀνάριθμοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 40 (_anapaest meter_); π. ὡς δισχίλιοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.2; ἄπειρα τὸ π. [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.1.14; ἄπειρα καὶ π. καὶ σμικρότητα 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 1; π. τι πάμπολυ φθειρῶν “IG” 42(1).122.45, compare 32 (Epid., 4th c.BC).)]
III magnitude, size, or extent, [ὄρος] πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 204; ἡ ἐρῆμος.. ἐοῦσα πλῆθος ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων ὁδοῦ [prev. author] 4.123; π. χώρας καὶ ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.9.)]
III.2 in Attic dialect, of quantity or amount, διὰ π. τῆς ζημίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70; χρημάτων π. [prev. author] 1.9; διὰ πλῆθος οὐσίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1279a19; ταῦτα οὐδέν ἐστι πλήθει οὐδὲ μεγέθει πρὸς ἐκεῖνα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614a; μετὰ πλήθους ἱδρῶτος)]multa sudans, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ti.” 84e; τὸ π. τοῦ ῥεύματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.75.5)]; τὸ παρακείμενον π. the amount entered against each, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Ostr.Bodl.” i 252 (2nd c.BC))]; of money, τὸ ἴσον π. [Refs (“TAM” 2.526 (from Pinara))]: in plural, quantities, ἐμβρύων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 326; θαυμαστὸν ὅσ᾽ ἐστ᾽ ἀγαθῶν π. 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.51 (_anapaest meter_); οἰκοδομημάτων πλήθεσι ἢ μεγέθεσι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 52.30, compare 10.)]
III.3 more than enough, π. φέρειν [LXX (LXX.Exo.36.5.)]
III.4 plurality, opposed to ἕν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 45.)]
IV of Time, length, χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.180; π. ἐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 855; πλήθει πολλῶν μηνῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 722 (Lyric poetry).)]
V with Preps., or adverbs, ἐς π. in great numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14)]; κατὰ πλῆθος a large number at a time, [Refs (“IG” 12.6.112; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π.)]usually, mostly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 275b; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 786a35; κατὰ π. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67.)]