Πλούταρχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πλοῦτος (ploûtos, riches; Pluto) + ἀρχός (arkhós, ruler)

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πλούταρχος • (Ploútarkhos) m (genitive Πλουτάρχου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  2. Plutarch of Chaeronea, full name Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος (Loúkios Méstrios Ploútarkhos), romanized Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus, lived ca. 46–120 C.E.. A celebrated Graeco-Roman philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi; best known for writing his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a biographical series commonly referred to as Plutarch's Parallel Lives.

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022

Greek

Proper noun

Πλούταρχος • (Ploútarchos) m (plural Ploútarchos)

  1. Plutarch (46–120 AD) Greek historian, biographer and essayist.

Declension

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